According to Tokyo Kantei, the average asking price of a 70 sqm (753 sq ft) apartment in greater Tokyo in April was 29,690,000 Yen, up 0.4% from the previous month and up 4.5% from last year. This is the 8th month in a row to see a month-on-month increase. The average building age was 21.9 years.
The rising cost of brand new apartments is thought to be a contributing cause to the increase in the price of second-hand apartments. Rising prices in central Tokyo are pulling up the average, while suburban areas fall behind. In Chiba City, for example, the average apartment price is down 4.1% from last year.
In Tokyo’s 23 wards, the average asking price was 45,630,000 Yen, up 0.6% from the previous month and up 10.0% from last year. This is the 10th month in a row to see a month-on-month increase and is 3.5% below the previous peak in February 2008. The average building age was 22.2 years.
In central Tokyo’s six wards, the average price was 64,920,000 Yen, up 0.4% from the previous month and up 13.4% from last year. The average building age was 21.5 years.
In Chiyoda-ku, the average asking price was 89,720,000 Yen, up 1.6% from the previous month and up 10.5% from last year.
Supply in central areas is very limited which is putting more pressure on prices. Tokyo Kantei believes prices will continue to increase in central Tokyo. One trend that is becoming particularly noticeable is that sellers, such as developers, are holding off on selling properties now in anticipating of selling them in the future for even higher prices.
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