The cost of housing in Croatia decreased by 5.1% for the year

The cost of housing in Croatia decreased by 5.1% for the year

Real estate prices in Croatia declined by 5.1% in August 2013 compared with August month in 2012, according to the portal ee24.com.

Price reduction was uneven. On the Adriatic Sea coast the rate of decline was less dramatic: only 2.6% compared with August 2012. And compared with July 2013 prices have grown by 0.6%.

Region

Price dynamics per month

Price dynamics per year

The whole country

 

-5.10%

Adriatic coastline

0.60%

-2.60%

Apartments in Croatia had an average cost of €1,581 per sq.m. in August of this year, that is 0.4% higher than previous month and by 5.6% lower in annual terms.

Apartments on the Croatian Adriatic coast had an average cost of €1,975 per sq.m. in August 2013, which is 0.6% higher than in August of 2012 and by 0.4% higher than in July 2013.

Villas on the coast had an average cost of €1,531 per sq.m., that is 1.1% higher than July's figures, and 3.2% lower than a year earlier.

Property type

Price

(per sq.m.)

Price dynamics per month

Price dynamics per year

Apartments

€1,581

0.40%

-5.60%

Apartments on the coastline

€1,975

0.60%

0.40%

Houses on the coastline

€1,531

1.10%

-3.20%

The largest drop in apartment prices was recorded in Split, where the price tag was reduced by 11.9% in annual terms. The cost of apartments in Rijeka fell by 2.7% in Osijek - by 0.8%.

City

Price

(per sq.m.)

Price dynamics per year

Split

€2,136

-11.90%

Rijeka

€1,516

-2.70%

Osijek

€1,079

-0.80%

Real estate prices in Zagreb decreased by 0.5% compared to July 2013 and by 6.9% compared to the same period in 2012. The most expensive district of Zagreb is Medveščak, where, by the way, a KHL hockey club of the same name is based. The apartments in this area worth €2,196 per sq.m. And in the Centre - €2,033 per sq.m. The most inexpensive district is Sesvete, where a square meter of housing costs €1,194 per sq.m.

Zagreb district

Price (per sq.m.)

Medveščak

€2,196

Centre

€2,033

Sesvete

€1,194