Rents vary from district to district, with flats in the central fifth district going for 228,000 (EUR 745) per month while further away from downtown the price drops to around 90,000 forints (EUR 294), Ingatlan. com said.

Student’s flats in Szeged, in south-east Hungary, will cost around 90,000 forints a month while in Pécs (SW) and Debrecen (E) around 82,000 forints is the going rate.

In Miskolc, in the north-east, rents are typically 68,000 forints.

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