According to the business director of UlovDomov.cz, Jiří Krejčí, student apartments in Prague cost 11 percent more to rent in the second quarter than during the same time last year, which marked the end of the school holidays. In Brno, prices are about 7 percent higher, in Ostrava by 8 percent, and in Olomouc by 5 percent. On a brighter note, the advances for renting apartments were lower, in part due to the stabilization of the energy market.