Copenhagen duplex snapshot — interpreting the August 2025 figures

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For August 2025, the working Copenhagen duplex snapshot shows roughly 90 days on market, asking-price movement of -7.4%, and apparent financing sensitivity around DKK 1,678,000. I am not treating this as an official index. The decision is whether these figures are robust enough to retain as a monthly baseline. Please add completed-sale evidence, inventory movement, neighbourhood detail, and source or revision dates where available.
 
Before using it as a baseline, I would define “duplex.” Does the sample mean two-level apartments, properties containing two dwellings, or both? Those categories could have very different buyers and price bands. The DKK 1,678,000 figure is difficult to interpret until the property-type mix and sample boundaries are clear.
 
Also, what exactly does -7.4% measure: the change from original asking prices, a monthly movement in current asks, or a comparison with August 2024? Those are not interchangeable. If it is based on listing reductions, withdrawn and relisted properties need consistent treatment or the result may overstate the adjustment.
 
A compact evidence table would help: neighbourhood, duplex definition, asking-price band, first listing date, latest asking price, status, and completed price where one exists. Keep asking listings and completed sales in separate sections. That would let members see whether the 90-day figure comes from broad market weakness or a small cluster of older listings.
 
The practical problem is keeping old stock visible without letting it distort the sales evidence. I would retain every listing but give its status and dates separate fields. For example, a duplex that disappears and returns at a lower price should be marked as relisted rather than treated as a fresh completed transaction. That preserves useful evidence about inventory and market time while keeping the price conclusion tied to actual sales.
 
Agreed on retaining stale stock, but I would not call DKK 1,678,000 a financing threshold yet. It may simply be where this sample is concentrated. Splitting the listings into price bands could show whether market time or reductions change near that amount, rather than assuming finance is the cause.
 
The neighbourhood split should come before any Copenhagen-wide conclusion. Even without publishing separate headline figures, each observation can carry a neighbourhood label. Then the summary can say whether the 90 days and -7.4% appear across the sample or are being pulled by one area and one property subtype.
 
Revision timing matters too. Completed prices may become available after the August snapshot is first assembled, so later additions should be dated rather than silently folded in. I would keep the original August 2025 cut, then add a clearly marked revision showing which completed sales or status changes were added afterward.
 
My vote is to retain this as provisional discussion data, not yet a baseline. The next version should define duplex, explain the -7.4% calculation, state how 90 days is measured, separate active inventory from completed sales, and break observations down by neighbourhood and price band. Source links can then sit beside individual entries rather than implying that one source supports the whole snapshot.
 
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