I am a foreigner buying property in Hungary
5 tasks in suggested order
1. Clarify the legal type of the property and whether your citizenship or legal status means that a property-acquisition permit from the government office is required.
When determining whether a permit is required and planning the purchase procedure.
The Budapest/county government office responsible for the property’s location and your legal representative.
Citizenship, the property’s parcel number and legal classification.
According to the guidance for non-agricultural property, EU, EEA and Swiss persons do not need this government-office permit; other foreign nationals generally may need one. Agricultural land is subject to a separate legal regime.
Official source: kormanyhivatalok.hu
2. Have a legal representative check ownership, encumbrances and the contract terms, then prepare or countersign the property purchase deed.
Before finalising the purchase.
Lawyer/notary and land-registry records.
Land-registry extract/property details, parties’ details and agreed terms.
Registration of ownership requires a document in the prescribed form and a land-registry procedure.
Official source: kormanyhivatalok.hu
3. If your category requires it, submit the property-acquisition permit application to the government office responsible for the property’s location.
Before completion of the acquisition in the Land Registry, in the sequence required by the specific procedure.
Competent Budapest/county government office.
Current application form, contract/property details and the attachments listed in the current official requirements.
Check the current fee and required attachments in the guidance of the government office responsible for the property’s location.
Official source: kormanyhivatalok.hu
4. Through your legal representative, start the land-registry registration of ownership.
When the purchase and any permit conditions are fulfilled.
Land-office/land-registry procedure.
A deed suitable for registration and the required attachments.
Registration of ownership is a separate legal step and is not the same as the foreigner's property-acquisition permit.
Official source: kormanyhivatalok.hu
5. Based on the NAV notification/procedure, settle the property-acquisition duty and check whether an allowance or exemption applies.
After the acquisition is reported and NAV starts its procedure.
National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV).
Purchase and property data; evidence needed for any allowance.
The duty rate, reliefs and exemptions may depend on the circumstances of the acquisition; check the current NAV rule for your specific case.
Official source: nav.gov.hu
