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REAL ESTATE

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 14, 2023
Tokyo condo market shows early cooling signs on BOJ policy risks
The number of existing apartments up for sale in central Tokyo’s popular bay area rose for two straight weeks in January.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2023
Average price of Tokyo-area condos hit record high in 2022
The figure grew 0.4% from the previous year to ¥62.88 million amid soaring materials prices chiefly reflecting the yen's weakening.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2022
Five major Japanese banks to raise housing loan rates in January
The decision comes in the wake of a rise in long-term government bond yields following a policy revision by the Bank of Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 23, 2022
Australia's housing crisis, largely hidden, is getting worse
Relentlessly rising rents, eight consecutive interest rate hikes and surging living costs have inflamed what was already among the world's least affordable rental markets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 23, 2022
Japanese homeowners face an unfamiliar headache: higher mortgages
The Bank of Japan whipsawed global financial markets when it said on Tuesday it would allow rates to rise a little more, signaling a potential end to ultralow rates.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 19, 2022
China hints at pro-business push and support for property market in 2023
Officials have pledged to revive consumption and support the private sector, a marked shift from recent years.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 17, 2022
Property markets work better when the line doesn’t always go up
Japan's housing sector has been flat for years. But if dwellings are plentiful and attainable, why should that be a bad thing?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2022
China’s property crash sends billionaire founders heading to exits
The nation's worsening credit crisis has led to defaults, failure to deliver homes on time and an unrelenting market selloff.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 14, 2022
Xi faces painful gear shift as China's investment-led growth sputters
The economic model that underpinned China's impressive expansion over the past four decades is now unsustainable and in need of a rethink.
Japan Times
LIFE
Oct 9, 2022
A tiny Tokyo apartment: ‘I wouldn’t live anywhere else’
Meet the young Japanese who have decided to live in a shoe box.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 30, 2022
Singapore sovereign wealth fund eyes Japan property deals as yen falls and tourists return
Hotels, resorts and inns in key cities are among the types of properties being evaluated.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2022
In China, homebuyers occupy their 'rotting,' unfinished properties
Residents face poor conditions as cash-strapped builders halt construction amid the country's deep real estate slump.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2022
China's mortgage boycott quietly regroups as construction idles
With no sign of construction picking up at many projects, more homebuyers have said they plan to join others who have stopped paying mortgages.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 1, 2022
Japan's property market lures private equity with solid yields
Property investors worldwide are flush with cash and emboldened by stabilizing vacancy rates and rents after disruption by the pandemic, and some are setting their sights on Japan.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 27, 2022
China’s bad debt funds are no white knights in property crisis
Aggressive lending to embattled developers has beset the $730 billion funds with heavy credit losses, forcing Beijing to weigh a preliminary plan to restructure the sector.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 3, 2022
Sweeping mortgage boycott changes the face of dissent in China
While real estate has been the most common cause of protests in recent years, a coordinated boycott of this scale has never happened before in China.

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