According to Tokyo Kantei, the average asking price of a  70 sqm (753 sq.ft) second-hand apartment in greater Tokyo in October 2016 was 36,210,000 Yen, up 2.6% from the previous month and up 13.3% from last year. This is the 10th month in a row to record an increase from the previous month. The average building age was 22.4 years.

In the Tokyo metropolitan area the average asking price was 48,550,000 Yen, up 1.0% from the previous month and up 8.8% from last year. The average building age was 22.0 years.

In Tokyo’s 23 wards the average asking price was 52,450,000 Yen, down 0.4% from the previous month but up 5.4% from last year.

In Tokyo’s central six wards (Chiyoda, Chuo, Minato, Shinjuku, Bunkyo and Shibuya) the average asking price was 70,460,000 Yen, down 2.1% from the previous month but up 1.1% from last year.

In central Osaka, asking prices were down for the 3rd month in a row. Although the decrease may partly be due to an increase in older apartments, the price increase of relatively newer buildings appears to have slowed as prices appear to be peaking out. Central Nagoya, however, saw prices increase for the fourth month in a row.

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