Secondhand apartment prices in April - Tokyo Kantei
According to Tokyo Kantei, the average asking price of a 70 sqm (753 sqft) second-hand apartment in Tokyo’s 23 wards was 41,500,000 Yen in April, up just 20,000 Yen from the previous month and up 5.4% from April 2013. Although the last three months saw month-on-month increases, the rate of growth has been shrinking and appears to have almost stopped. The average apartment age was 21.4 years, up 0.5 years from the previous month.
In central Tokyo’s six wards (Chiyoda, Chuo, Minato, Shinjuku, Bunkyo and Shibuya), the average apartment asking price was 57,250,000 Yen, up 0.1% from the previous month and up 8.8% from last year. This is the ninth month in a row to see a month-on-month increase, although the rate of growth also appears to have slowed considerably in April after seeing a 2.1% increase in February and a 0.7% increase in March. The average apartment age was 21.3 years, up 0.3 years from the previous month.Read more