Increasing transport facilities, new highway projects and high-speed train line integrate İzmit with İstanbul and almost turn into a single city. For the residents of İstanbul, İzmit is becoming a residential unit, which is closer than especially many of the districts on the European side.

In addition to its geographical location, its sea, bay, green spaces, forests, plateaus, recreational areas, natural beauties, nearby spas, organic agriculture, leisure and weekend breakfast places, shopping centers offering affordable options make Izmit the weekend choice of the neighboring provinces, mainly İstanbul.

Low rental fees, affordability of the housing prices, cheapness of education and health services, lack of traffic problems turn Izmit into a preferred place of residence for those working in İstanbul.

After Kocaeli University, Maltepe University and preparation of investments in other private universities transform İzmit into a city of education and science.

In Turkey, its leading industry that becomes more and more powerful every day promotes İzmit as a city of employment.

Golf, sailing, horse riding, ice-skating, swimming pools and new investments in other areas, transform İzmit into a sports center.

Investment of the planned port construction in the Black Sea creates a potential of bringing a new dynamism to İzmit.

İzmit, which was the center of the ancient Nicomedia before and then the second capital of the Roman Empire before Istanbul, carries a historical value with the archaeological remains gushing from everywhere.

Historical, natural and cultural richness makes İzmit the reason of preference for international investors.

Urban transformation projects that gradually become a favorite line of business increase the need for housing rentals for 1 to 2 years.

Especially for the white-collar workers, who prefer to settle in İstanbul, work in Izmit and take advantage of the nature and shopping opportunities of İzmit with their families in cases of overtime or on weekends, the demand for comfortable but small housing stands out.

Besides the faculty of medicine, new private health institutions that are added every day transform İzmit into a center of health tourism and put forward the accommodation needs for attendants of the patients staying in the hospitals for medium and long-terms.

Unpreparedness of İstanbul against the impending earthquake and the new urbanization sites planned in the north of Izmit turn the city into a safe port.

New industrial investments create the need of housing stock to meet the sheltering needs of the construction workers that will come from outside the city.