The average value of housing bank appraisals in Portugal stood, in September, at €1029/sq meter down by 0.3% from the value observed in the previous month. Compared with September 2013 there was an increase of 1.5% (change rate of 1.9% in August). The Metropolitan areas of Lisbon and Porto, with average values of bank appraisals of €1241/sq meter and €958/sq meter, registered monthly change rates of 0.2% and -0.7%, respectively, while the annual changes stood at 1.4% and 3.1%, by the same order.