The average amount requested nationwide for apartments on sale increased by 2.1 percent in January, from €951 to €971 per square meter; the current value is 6.7 percent higher than that one recorded in the same period of last year, respectively €910 per square meter. According to the index of the real estate portal Imobiliare.ro, the highest growth was recorded in Iasi, 3.5 percent from €847 to €877 per square meter, while in Bucharest the average value of the listed apartments fell by 1.4 percent in January, to euro1,054 per square meter.
“The downward trend in the last 31 days, in Bucharest, has been supported exclusively by newly built housing segment, which recorded a decline of 3.2 percent from €1070 to €1036 per square meter; this apartaments are now 4.3 percent cheaper than in 2015, when the cost was of euro1,082 per square meter. “, reads a release of the real estate portal.
