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28. 05. 10. - 13:00

Apartment prices in Dubrovnik jump 8.4 per cent in May

Croatian Times

Dubrovnik is the only city to register a significant increase in apartment prices, according to the latest research by real estate portal Crozilla.com.

For one square metre in Dubrovnik, a buyer would have to pay 3,597 Euros on average in May, which is an 8.4 per cent increase on the previous month.

None of the other Croatian cities registered such a sharp increase. In Split, the prices went up by 2.5 per cent to 2,180 Euros. In Rijeka, only 0.5 per cent growth was noted (1,709 Euros).

The biggest decrease was registered in Osijek with 4.5 per cent, where the prices fell from 1,075 Euros on average to 1,027 Euros. In Zadar in May the average price was 1,671 Euros which is 20 Euros less than the actual price in April.

A small decrease of 0.8 per cent was also noted in Pula, where a square metre costs 1,470 Euros, the Croatian business portal Poslovni Dnevnik writes.

Zagreb is also slowly losing on value, with the average prices for May at 1,864 Euros, a difference of 0.7 per cent from previous months.

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