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Central Bank of Malta on Property Prices

Property prices down 2.7% in 2008 by di-ve.com - editorial@di-ve.com Current Affairs -- 09 April 2009 -- 11:45CEST Property prices in 2008 fell by 2.7 per cent, according to the Central Bank of Malta, but some categories did better than others. Advertised asking prices for flats in shell form and in finished form, which together make up over half of the sample, were down by 2 per cent and 5.4 per cent, respectively, while those for villas and terraced houses declined by 3.7 per cent and 1.8 per cent. On the other hand, higher prices were asked for 2 other categories. Prices of maisonettes in shell form were up by 2.6 per cent, while those of town houses, which account for 5.4 per cent of sampled properties and display a high degree of volatility, increased by 10.4 per cent. Meanwhile, prices of finished maisonettes and houses of character remained roughly unchanged from 2007. The sector seems to be self-adjusting to the oversupply resulting from the building frenzy of the past few year