The average value of housing bank appraisals in Portugal stood, in February, at €1001/sq meter, decreasing €9/sq meter compared to the previous month (€4/sq meter decrease in January). Compared with February 2013 there was an increase of 0.3% (change rate of 0.2% in January) in the average value. In Lisboa and Porto Metropolitan Areas the average value of housing bank appraisals stood at €1187/sq meter and at €936/sq meter, respectively (€1214/sq meter and at €932/sq meter in January, by the same order).