“What can I buy on my budget?”: a car for 15,000 and an apartment for 150,000 AZN — page guide

“I have 15,000 manats — which car fits?” is the question Prayk's “What can I buy on my budget?” page answers: you enter an amount, and the page shows, from real listing prices of the last 90 days, the makes, models and production years that fit it, or, in apartment mode, the districts and room counts. This guide covers how the page works, three worked examples from the 6 October 2026 snapshot (15,000 and 30,000 ₼ for a car, 150,000 ₼ for an apartment) and how to read the result correctly.

How the page works

At the top there are two modes, “Car” and “Apartment / house”; the amount field accepts any figure from 500 ₼ to 5,000,000 ₼. Below it are the popular budgets: 16 amounts for cars (from 3,000 to 100,000 ₼) and 8 for property (from 50,000 to 300,000 ₼). Every amount has its own address, for example a car for 15,000 manats, so a result can be shared; by default the page opens with the 10,000 ₼ result.

The calculation is the same as in the market price methodology: listing prices from the last 90 days are grouped, cars by make, model and year, property by district and room count; the median of each group is taken, and groups with fewer than 8 listings are hidden. Groups whose median is at 80–100% of the budget count as a fit; those up to 10% above it whose cheapest quarter still fits go to the “With a bit of bargaining” section. The list holds at most 24 fits and 8 bargaining options; those with the most listings come first. The statistics are recalculated every night.

Example: 15,000 and 30,000 ₼ — car

In the 6 October snapshot, 15,000 ₼ gives 24 models as a fit and 8 with bargaining. The widest choice: Chevrolet Cruze 2013–2016 (typical price 12,500–14,500 ₼, about 630 listings in the fullest year bucket), Toyota Prius 2009–2010 (12,300–14,900 ₼, about 430 listings), Mercedes E 240 1999–2003 (12,000–14,750 ₼, about 310 listings). The “Newest years” box singles out the most recent production years that fit: LADA Niva 2018, Chevrolet Cruze 2016, Nissan Note 2015. The bargaining section has Hyundai Santa Fe 2005 (median 16,500 ₼, cheapest listings from 14,900 ₼). The “View listings” button opens the Cars section with a 12,000–15,000 ₼ filter; on 6 October that band held about 4,600 listings.

At 30,000 ₼ the picture changes. On one side, Korean and German cars from 2012–2017: Hyundai Santa Fe 2012–2015 (25,500–29,550 ₼, about 250 listings), BMW 528 2014–2017 (about 25,700–28,600 ₼, close to 240 listings). On the other, new Chinese models from 2024–2026: BYD Destroyer 05 (median 24,500 ₼, about 230 listings), Changan Qiyuan A05 (24,100–25,500 ₼); in the “Newest years” box all three places go to 2026 models. For the same money it is either a familiar ten-year-old model or a brand-new Chinese sedan; the decision is yours.

Example: 150,000 ₼ — apartment

In the apartment for 150,000 manats mode, in Baku this budget fits a one-room apartment (median 126,500 ₼, about 2,700 listings); a three-room apartment fits in Sumgait (133,000 ₼, about 1,600 listings) and Khirdalan (133,000 ₼, about 1,200 listings), a four-room one in Sumgait (150,000 ₼); among houses there are Sumgait and Sabunchu, 4 rooms (120,000–125,000 ₼). A two-room apartment in Baku's central districts appears only under bargaining: Khatai (median 159,500 ₼, cheapest from 139,000 ₼), Binagadi (155,000 ₼, from 127,000 ₼), Nasimi and Nizami (156,000–160,000 ₼). The mode covers sales only, apartments and houses/villas; there is no land and no rent. For rent, see the rent table by district.

How to read the result

• The median is an asking price, not a sale price. The “typical price” on a card is the middle of the prices written in listings; a real deal usually closes a little lower.
• Listing counts are not summed. “630 listings” is not the total across all years of a model but the size of the fullest single year bucket (year buckets are built with a ±1 year window).
• “Most at 11,900–14,000 ₼” is the range the middle half of listings falls into.
• The bar and the percentage are the median relative to your budget: “97% of your budget” means the typical price fits; “10% over budget” means you need to bargain.
• A model or district missing from the list does not mean “none on the market”: either it has fewer than 8 listings or its median falls outside the band. Below roughly 2,000 ₼ there are no buckets at all.

This page is not an official valuation and does not price a specific car or apartment; it shows what the market offers for the money. To value your own car or home there are separate tools: “How much is my car worth?” (guide) and “How much is my home worth?” (guide). The typical chain: learn what your old car is worth with “How much is my car worth?”, enter the amount including your top-up on this page, and check the month-by-month price series of the model you like in the Prayk Index. A comparison of yearly running costs by budget band is in the article “Choosing a first car”; the full explanation of the calculation rules is in the methodology news.