The said price does not refer to newly built flats from a government scheme for subsidised housing construction.
The average price of a new flat in Zagreb in the first six months was HRK 11,380 (EUR 1517) per square metre or 8.6% less than in the same period last year, while a square metre of a new flat in other towns cost HRK 10,274, (1370 euros) down 2.5%.
When data on prices of flats from the government scheme for subsidised housing construction are added to this, the average price of new flats sold in the first six months comes to HRK 10,179 per square metre, down 11% from the same period of last year.
The average price of a new flat from the government scheme for subsidised housing construction was HRK 7,756 (EUR 1034), down 0.7% from the first half of 2015.
DZS data show that in the first six months of this year 1,348 new flats were sold - 630 in Zagreb and 718 in other towns.
Of the total number of flats sold, 258 were flats from the government scheme for subsidised housing construction and 1,090 were sold by companies and other legal entities.
(EUR 1 = HRK 7.5)