New apartment prices in Tokyo down 5.1% from last year
According to the Real Estate Economic Institute, 4,300 new apartments were released for sale across greater Tokyo in May, up 73.9% from the previous month but down 13.4% from May 2013. This is the fourth month in a row to see a year-on-year drop in the supply of new apartments.
3,392 apartments were sold over the month, making the contract rate 78.9%. This is 4.2 points higher than the previous month and 0.8 points higher than last year. According to REINS, 2,638 secondhand apartments were sold in May.
The average new apartment price was 51,560,000 Yen, up 6.4% from the previous month and up 5.6% from last year. The average price per square meter was 722,000 Yen, up 2.7% from the previous month and up 4.2% from last year.Read more