Asking prices for housing countrywide declined 1.2% in June, to EUR1,200 pr square meter, the report noted.

Asking prices in Bucharest grew 0.4% in June and 5.9% in the first half of the year.

In Brasov, housing prices grew an average 2.8% in June and 12.7% in the first half.

In Cluj-Napoca, asking prices for housing grew 10% in the first six months and apartments in the city are the most expensive in the country, with an average asking price of EUR1,522 per sqm.

Housing prices in Constanta increased 0.8% in June and 5.6% in the first half, while prices in Iasi declined 0.8% in June and grew 3.4% in the first half.

In Timisoara, asking prices for housing increased 4.3% in the first half of the year.