“For the first time in 2012, the monthly monitoring survey of anunturiparticulari.ro accounts for price growths in a 30-day period for one-room, two-room and three-room apartments,” the realty portal said in a statement Wednesday.
According to data collected by anunturiparticulari.ro, 2012 is an atypical year as October used to account for flat or decreasing prices at apartments compared with September.
The prices for old one-room apartments in Bucharest increased in October, for the first time since 2008, up 1% compared with the same month in 2011 and 6.5% higher compared with September 2012. The average price stood at around EUR36,760.
The old two-room apartments account for a 1% increase in October compared with September, at EUR55,740, while facing a 4% decrease compared with the same period in 2011.
The prices for the old three-room flats account for a 4% increase on the month in October, to an average price of EUR78,000, which was 3% lower from October 2011.
The four-room flats were sold in October at an average price of EUR94,500, down 2% from September, and 6% lower than in the same period of 2011.
As for the number of offers, a number of 2,328 apartments were put up for sale in October, similar with the month before.
Anunturiparticulari.ro was launched in 2001 and monitors the realty announcements posted by natural persons in the online and written media.