According to ANCPI data, the number of realty deals stood at 68,498 in March this year, compared to 64,088 in February 2013, and to 58,343 in March 2012.
Over 1.2 million realty deals were registered countrywide between January and March 2013, around 144,000 more deals compared with the same period in 2012. Most realty transactions in the first three months of the year were registered in Timis (12,863), Bucharest (12,618) and Arad (10,797).
The number of mortgage deals stood at 30,066 in the first quarter of 2013, down by some 3,000 from the same period in 2012.
In March 2013, the number of mortgage deals stood at 10,999, compared to 10,512 in February 2013 and to 11,281 in March 2012.
The number of real estate transactions in Romania rose 9.16% to 705,338 in 2012, compared to 646,112 in 2011, but the number of mortgage deals fell more than 20% on the year in 2012.