According to Tokyo Kantei, the average price of a brand new apartment in Japan in 2014 was 7.17 times the average annual income (up 0.58 points from 2013), while a second-hand apartment (10 years old) was 4.92 times the average annual income (up 0.34 points). Incomes were down 1.4% nationwide, while new apartment prices were up 7.2% and secondhand apartment prices were up 6.1%.
The most affordable prefecture in Japan to buy a new apartment is Tochigi Prefecture, with a price-to-income ratio of 4.89 (down 0.53 points from 2013), and the most affordable place to buy a second-hand apartment is Kagawa Prefecture, with a ratio of 3.27 (up 0.33 points from 2013).
The most unaffordable prefecture in Japan for a new apartment is Kyoto, with a ratio of 10.98 (up 1.2 points). The second most unaffordable location for a new apartment was Ishikawa Prefecture, with a ratio of 10.97. The most unaffordable place for second-hand apartments is the Tokyo metropolitan area with a ratio of 7.61 (up 0.41 points).
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