According to Tokyo Kantei, the average asking price of a 70 sqm (753 sqft) secondhand apartment in Tokyo's 23-ku was 40,340,000 Yen in August. This is an increase of 1.2% from last month and 2.8% from August 2012. It is also the first time since March 2012 that the price has exceeded the 40 million Yen mark.

In Tokyo's central 6 wards (Chiyoda, Chuo, Minato, Shinjuku, Bunkyo and Shibuya), the average asking price in August was 53,870,000 Yen, up 1.1% from last month and up 5.2% from last year. The average apartment age was 21 years.  


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