According to Taiwanese media reports, the number of Taiwanese buying real estate in Japan is steadily increasing.
In 2010, one of Taiwan's largest real estate agencies, Sinyi Realty, established a branch in Japan. The China Times reported that in the 7 months following the Tohoku disaster, Sinyi sold 68 Japanese properties to Taiwanese buyers with a total value of 2.75 billion Yen (35 million USD).
The company president said that buyers were actually more fearful of a stockmarket crash than an earthquake, so they are seeing an increasing number of Taiwanese who view purchasing Japanese real estate as a way of managing their funds. Of the 68 properties, 39 were in brand new developments. This highlights the trend of Taiwanese buyers to prefer new over older apartments. The president also said that approximately 50 Taiwanese travel to Japan each month to view properties.
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