Turkey house sales up for second month

ANKARA

House sales in Turkey rose for the second month in row in March, the Turkish Statistical Institute, or TurkStat, announced Friday.

The country saw a 1 percent year-on-year rise last month, having risen by 7 percent in February, according to the report, which recorded 117,205 sales in March.

Mortgage-backed sales fell by 14.3 percent year-on-year and made up a third of residential sales in March.