Greater Tokyo apartment sale prices down in January, ending 72-month streak
According to REINS, 2,667 second-hand apartments were reported to have sold across greater Tokyo in January, down 10.7% from the previous month but up 1.0% from January 2018. The average sale price was 32,940,000 Yen, down 2.5% from the previous month and down 1.9% from last year. The average price per square meter was 514,600 Yen, down 1.8% from the previous month and down 0.3% from last year. This ends a 72-month streak of year-on-year increases in sale prices.
Former Tsukiji Fish Market to become a conference center
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is firming up plans to redevelop the former Tsukiji Fish Market in downtown Tokyo into an international conference and exhibition center. Earlier rumors had suggested the site could become a sports stadium, shopping mall or a food-based theme park.
Hotel Okura to replace South Wing annex with high-rise apartments and office
The last vestige of Hotel Okura’s modernist presence is in line to be demolished as redevelopment plans surface for the Hotel Okura Tokyo’s annex (South Wing).
Apartment rents in Tokyo increase by 5.3% in 2018
The average rent for an apartment in Tokyo’s 23 wards saw a 5.3% year-on-year increase in 2018 - the highest annual percentage increase in over 10 years. This was due in part to the fact that over 10% of the listings in the first half of the year were new construction. Newly built apartments tend to command higher rents than older ones, and can pull up the average. Average rents in Tokyo are now up 16% from their bottom in 2012.
Tokyo Apartment Sales in January 2019
The following is a selection of apartments that were reported to have sold in central Tokyo during the month of January 2019:
Central Tokyo apartment asking prices reach record high in December
According to Tokyo Kantei, the average asking price of a 70 sqm (753 sq.ft) second-hand apartment in greater Tokyo was 37,290,000 Yen in December 2018, up 0.5% from the previous month and up 3.2% from December 2017. The average building age was 24.3 years.
HULIC to flip Odaiba Hilton for 2 billion Yen profit
Real estate company HULIC has agreed to sell the Hilton Tokyo Odaiba hotel for 62.4 billion Yen (approx. 573 million USD) to the Japan Hotel REIT. The sale will take place in April 2019 and will represent the highest valued hotel held by a REIT within Japan.