Residential yields and vacancy rates in Minato-ku - October 2014

According to real estate listing site Homes, the average gross yield on an apartment in Minato-ku in October was 5.0%, down 0.6 points from the previous month and down 0.8 points from last year. The average gross yield across Tokyo was 6.9%, down 0.1 points from the previous month and down 0.8 points from last year.

The vacancy rate remains unchanged at 9.9% in Minato-ku and 11.0% across Tokyo.

The average asking price of a secondhand apartment in Minato-ku was 797,243 Yen/sqm as of October 1, down 0.9% from the previous month but up 15.9% from last year. The average asking price for land was 1,278,181 Yen/sqm, down 0.07% from the previous month but up 22.4% from last year.Read more