According to REINS, 2,900 second-hand apartments were sold across greater Tokyo in December 2013, up 22.7% from the previous year, but down 7.1% from the previous month. The average sale price was 25,600,000 Yen, up 2.5% from the previous year but down 3.7% from November. The average price per square meter was 404,800 Yen, up 5.6% from last year but down 1.8% from November.
There were also more sales at the top end of the market. In the 4th quarter of 2013, 60 apartments over 100 million Yen were sold in the Tokyo metropolitan area, comprising 1.4% of the total. This is an increase of 131% from the same quarter in 2012. 141 apartments sold for between 70 ~ 100 million Yen, up 56.7% from 2012.
The average price of a second-hand apartment sold in central Tokyo's 3 wards (Chiyoda, Chuo and Minato) in December was 44,600,000 Yen, up 3.1% from last year but down 12.3% from the previous month. It is worth noting that the average size of an apartment sold in December was 9% smaller than the previous month.
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