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Purchase offer template for Hungary

Offer to purchaseVételi ajánlat

The buyer's written offer to buy a named property at a stated price, with a deadline for acceptance. If the seller accepts it in writing without changes, both sides are bound to sign a lawyer-countersigned sale contract on these terms by the agreed date.

Use it after a viewing, when you want to state your price and conditions in writing before you instruct a lawyer. It is not required by law. Send it to the seller or to the estate agent. Make it only if you are ready to buy at that price: an offer with an acceptance deadline cannot be withdrawn once the seller has received it. If the seller accepts it unchanged, it works as a preliminary contract, and a court can impose the sale contract on its terms.

Reviewed October 28, 2026. Not legal advice. Have a notary or lawyer check your case before you sign.

Key facts

Applies to
Whole country
Binding effect
A clear offer that covers the essential terms binds the person who makes it (Ptk. 6:64. § (1)).
Withdrawal
Not possible once the offer has reached the seller, if it sets a deadline for acceptance (Ptk. 6:65. § (4)).
No deadline set
The offer lapses after the time in which a reply could normally be expected (Ptk. 6:65. § (1) b)).
Form
Offer and acceptance in writing, because a sale of real property must be in writing (Ptk. 6:70. § (1), 6:215. § (2)).
Counter-offer
An acceptance that changes an essential term is a new offer (Ptk. 6:67. § (1)).
Effect of acceptance
Agreement to sign a contract later on fixed terms. A court can create that contract at either party's request (Ptk. 6:73. § (1)).
Registration
Only a lawyer-countersigned contract or a notarial deed can be registered (Inytv. 35. § (2)).

The document

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You sign the Hungarian version. The English version helps you understand it. Your answers fill both.

Offer to purchase

  1. 1.Parties

    1. 1.1

      I, the undersigned Buyer's full name (place and date of birth, mother's name: Birth place, date and mother's name; citizenship: Buyer's citizenship; address: Buyer's address), as offeror (hereinafter: the Buyer)

      List every buyer. Hungarian contracts identify a person by place and date of birth and mother's maiden name.

    2. 1.2

      make an offer to Seller's full name (Seller's address, or the agent's address), as owner (hereinafter: the Seller), to buy the property below, on the following terms.

      Write each seller's name as shown on the property sheet. List every owner.

  2. 2.The property

    1. 2.1

      The Type of property of Floor area m² with parcel number Parcel number (helyrajzi szám) in Town or Budapest district, located at Street address, which the Seller offers for sale at the advertised price of HUF Advertised price in HUF.

      Copy the parcel number from a recent property sheet. The street address alone does not identify the property in the land registry.

    2. 2.2

      The offer is made on condition that, on the day of handover, the property is free of lawsuits, encumbrances and claims, ready to move in, and not used by any third party.

      If a mortgage is registered, the sale contract will say how the seller's bank is paid from the price and the mortgage deleted.

  3. 3.Price

    1. 3.1

      For the property I offer a price of HUF Offered price in HUF, in figures, that is Offered price in words, in Hungarian forints.

      State whether the agent's commission is included. If the figures and the words differ, a dispute follows.

    2. 3.2

      Of the price, I will pay HUF Deposit (foglaló) at sale contract, HUF as a deposit (foglaló) when the sale contract is signed. I will pay the rest of the price by the schedule set in the sale contract, by the day of handover.

      The law sets no rate for a foglaló. A court can reduce an excessive one.

  4. 4.Financing

    1. 4.1

      Optional

      I intend to pay part of the price with a bank loan of HUF Loan amount in HUF. If the bank does not approve the loan by Date the bank must approve the loan, and this is not due to my own failure, my obligation to sign the sale contract ends, and the Seller has no claim against me as a result.

      Delete it only if you pay from your own funds. Keep the bank's written answers. Put it in the sale contract too, so you get the deposit back if the loan fails.

  5. 5.Signing the sale contract

    1. 5.1

      If this offer is accepted, the parties will sign a sale contract on the terms of this offer no later than Latest date to sign the sale contract, drafted and countersigned by Lawyer who drafts and countersigns, lawyer.

      Each party may instruct its own lawyer, who checks the land register and identities first.

    2. 5.2

      I propose Proposed date of handover of possession for the handover of possession. In the sale contract the parties will set the payment schedule, the seller's reservation of ownership and the deposit of the consent to registration in the lawyer's escrow.

      With these terms the seller stays owner until paid, and the buyer gets the consent to registration only against full payment.

  6. 6.Payment with the offer

    1. 6.1

      I pay no sum when making this offer. I will pay a deposit only under the signed sale contract.

      Money paid with an offer is a foglaló only if a contract clearly says so (Ptk. 6:185. § (1)). Otherwise its fate is uncertain.

  7. 7.Validity of the offer

    1. 7.1

      I am bound by this offer until Date and time the offer expires. If the Seller's written acceptance has not reached me by then, the offer lapses.

      A few days to two weeks is common. Once the seller has received the offer, you cannot withdraw it before this date.

    2. 7.2

      An acceptance that departs from this offer on an essential point is a new offer, by which I will be bound only if I accept it expressly in writing.

  8. 8.Signatures

    1. 8.1

      Dated: Place of signature, Date of signature. Signature of the Buyer.

    2. 8.2

      Acceptance: I, the undersigned Seller, accept the above offer to purchase without change, and undertake to sign the sale contract by the deadline above. Dated: Date the seller accepts. Signature of the Seller.

      Each owner on the property sheet signs. A seller who changes anything should not sign this line, but make a counter-offer.

Formalities

  1. Put the offer in writing and sign it. A sale of real property must be in writing, so the offer and the acceptance must both be in writing.
  2. No witness, lawyer or notary is needed for the offer itself. Pay nothing with the offer. Pay the deposit (foglaló) only under the signed sale contract.
  3. Deliver it by registered letter with return receipt (tértivevényes ajánlott levél), by email with the signed scan, or by hand against a dated receipt.
  4. Keep proof of the date the seller received it.
  5. The seller accepts by signing the acceptance below. Every co-owner must sign.
  6. A Hungarian lawyer must countersign the sale contract, or a notary must make it a notarial deed. Otherwise the land registry will not register you as owner.
  7. If a party does not understand Hungarian, use a bilingual text in a language that party understands.
  8. For the sale contract, the lawyer must also meet Ptk. 6:7. § (4): a witness or the lawyer explains the text, and the contract records it.

Common mistakes

  • Paying an offer security (ajánlati biztosíték) or a deposit to the agent with the offer. Its fate depends only on the wording the agent wrote.
  • Leaving out the acceptance deadline. The offer then stays binding for an uncertain period, and the seller can accept it later than you expect.
  • Making an offer without a loan condition when you need a loan. If the seller accepts, you are bound to sign at that price.
  • Treating a seller's reply with a new price or date as acceptance. It is a counter-offer. Nothing is agreed until you accept it in writing.
  • Offering before you read a recent property sheet (tulajdoni lap). It shows the real owners, parcel number, mortgages, enforcement notes and pre-emption rights.
  • Forgetting that a buyer from outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland needs a government office permit. Allow for it in the dates, or make the sale conditional on it.
  • Letting only one of several owners accept. The acceptance binds only those who sign it.

Legal basis

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