[Foreclosed] Apartment in Park Mansion Roppongi

November 6, 2013Japan Foreclosed Properties,Park Mansion Roppongi,Roppongi Real EstateForeclosed Properties,All,Tokyo

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*Update: The property was withdrawn from the auction. This can occur when the creditor/s are either paid the outstanding debt or reach an agreement with the borrower. It was later listed for sale for 248,000,000 Yen.

A 3-bedroom apartment in the luxury Park Mansion Roppongi building is up for public auction this month.

Bidding on the 114 sqm (1227 sqft) apartment starts from 81,600,000 Yen (715,800 Yen/sqm). Apartments in this building are normally priced around 1.9 ~ 2.5 million Yen per square meter, with those overlooking Hinokicho Park going for as much as 3 million Yen/sqm. Read more

by Zoe Ward

40% of Tokyo's existing apartments within 8km of Harumi

November 5, 2013HarumiReal Estate News,Market Information,All

In October, Tokyo Kantei published a report focusing on the existing apartment stock that lies within an 8km radius of the man-made island of Harumi in Tokyo Bay.

According to the data, there were 10,195 existing apartment buildings containing 540,057 apartments within 8km of Harumi. 40.5% of Tokyo's 23-ku apartment stock is located within this zone. Current estimates show another 10,000 apartments are expected to be supplied in the bayside area in the next few years. Read more

by Zoe Ward

Kamakura Museum of Modern Art at risk of demolition

November 4, 2013Kamakura,Historic properties in Japan,Hayama,Kanagawa PrefectureDemolition,Historic Properties,All

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The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama is facing possible demolition as the prefecture has decided not to renew the land lease with the landowner (the nearby Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu shrine). The prefecture's difficult financial situation has meant that they cannot continue to operate the museum and it is scheduled to close at the end of March 2016.Read more

by Zoe Ward

Mizuho's Real Estate Market Report

November 1, 2013Real Estate News,Market Information,All,Osaka,Tokyo

Mizuho Trust & Banking Co. released their Real Estate Market Report for October 2013. According to the data, second-hand apartment sales are making up a growing proportion of total apartment sales in both greater Tokyo and the Kinki region.

In Tokyo's 23 wards, around 10,000 second-hand apartments have been sold annually since 2010. The highest proportion of sales and the highest transaction volume is in Tokyo's central six wards (Chiyoda, Chuo, Minato, Shinjuku, Shibuya and Bunkyo).Read more

by Zoe Ward

September rental data - Tokyo Kantei

October 31, 2013average rent japan,average rent tokyo,rent apartment tokyo,rental market japanReal Estate News,Rental Market,All,Osaka,Nagoya,Tokyo

According to Tokyo Kantei, the average monthly rent of a condominium apartment in greater Tokyo was 2,545 Yen/sqm in September, down 0.2% from the previous month but up 2.7% from last year. The average apartment size was 59.31 sqm (638 sqft) and the average apartment age was 18.8 years.

In Tokyo's 23-ku, the average monthly rent was 3,095 Yen/sqm, down 1 Yen from August but up 3.0% from last year. The average apartment size was 56.20 sqm and the average age was 17.6 years.Read more

by Zoe Ward

Aussie investors in Niseko investigated for non-payment of taxes

October 30, 2013Hokkaido,Japan Property Taxes,NisekoReal Estate News,Hokkaido,All,Taxes

Japan's National Tax Agency has discovered that 10 Australians have neglected to pay capital gains tax on the sale of real estate in Hokkaido's Niseko area. Approximately 56 million Yen (570,000 USD) in tax is owed, with an additional 14 million Yen (140,000 USD) in penalties.  Read more

by Zoe Ward

Former Tokyo Govenor's Residence in Shoto for sale

October 29, 2013Shoto Real Estate,Shibuya Real EstateReal Estate News,All,Tokyo

Tokyo Governors Residence 2Tokyo City are looking to sell the currently unoccupied former governor's residence in Shibuya and will be accepting offers over 3.3 billion Yen (33.8 million USD) from October 29.

This is the second time that the city has tried to sell the 2,200 sqm site. It was first listed in 2008 with a  minimum price of 4.8 billion Yen but no offers were made. Prior to the global financial crisis and Lehman Shock, real estate experts had suggested the property had a market value of around 6 billion Yen.

The city is hopeful that the property will be purchased by a foreign government to use as an embassy. They have already received interest from several countries. Read more

by Zoe Ward