Second-hand apartment prices in Tokyo continued to climb in February, with the latest data from Tokyo Kantei showing a 1.3% rise in apartment prices in the Tokyo metropolitan capital from the previous month.

Strong demand from both local and foreign buyers, and a growing number of renovated properties being flipped by real estate companies is thought to be behind the surge in the asking price of second-hand apartments.

The average asking price of a 70 sqm (753 sq ft) second-hand apartment in the metropolitan area was 40,040,000 Yen in February, up 1.3% from January and up 5.7% from February 2014. The average building age was 21.8 years.

This is the 8th month in a row to see a month-on-month increase in asking prices and is the first time that the average price has exceeded 40,000,000 Yen since September 2008.

In Tokyo’s 23 wards, the average asking price was 44,590,000 Yen, up 1.3% from the previous month and up 7.7% from last year. The average building age was 22.0 years. The price is now 5.7% below the peak of 47,280,000 Yen seen in February 2008.

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