Japan Real Estate Insights & News

Homenet Co., a group company of Property Technologies Inc. specializing in the purchase, renovation, and resale of residential properties, announced on the 13th that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for a business partnership with YAK Co.

In their New Year messages, executives of Japan’s leading real estate developers—Mitsui Fudosan, Mitsubishi Estate, and Sumitomo Realty & Development—express cautious optimism about the country’s economic outlook, while underscoring the need for strategic growth amid heightened global uncertainty.

The Japan Real Estate Institute (JREI) released its "Real Estate Research Institute Housing Price Index" for October 2025, revealing that the overall residential price index for the Greater Tokyo Area rose for the 22nd consecutive month

On December 15, 2025, Tokyo Kantei Co. released data on monthly rental price trends for condominium apartments across Japan's three major metropolitan areas.

Chuo Jutaku, part of the Polus Group, unveiled its new residential development “Villagia Maihama — The Homes of Aspiration” in Urayasu, Chiba. Located a 15-minute walk from JR Maihama Station and near Tokyo Disneyland, the 12-home project leverages the area’s popularity as a bay-side residential district and incorporates resort-style design elements.

A report by Yano Research Institute, released on November 28, forecasts that the market for purchasing, renovating, and reselling existing homes in Japan will continue to expand.

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) released a report on short-term condominium resales (within one year of purchase) across Japan’s three major metropolitan areas—Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya—and four major regional cities.

Tokyo Kantei announced the October 2025 monthly rent trends for condominium units across Japan’s three major metropolitan regions. The figures represent advertised rents converted to a per–square meter basis.

On November 1, the Tateishi Station North District Urban Redevelopment Association, together with its participating members — Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd., Asahi Kasei Homes Corp., and the Metropolitan Fireproof Building Public Corporation — began construction on the Tateishi Station North District Type-1 Urban Redevelopment Project in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo.

Nomura Real Estate and five other companies announced on October 15 the outline of a large mixed‑use development on part of the former University of Tokyo Nishi‑Chiba campus in Inage Ward, Chiba City.

On October 6, Osaka Gas Urban Development (Osaka Gas UD) announced that the first phase of sales for two new condominium projects in Osaka sold out on the day of release.

Mitsui Fudosan Residential has revealed its leasehold condominium project Park Tower Shibuya Sasazuka, located in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo.

Haseko Abest published the 2025 “Stations Where People Want to Live (Around the Tokyo Area)” rankings on September 16, based on a web survey of 2,766 residents conducted July 11–20.

In the Tokyo metropolitan area, the average price of newly built detached houses has risen for the first time in four months, reaching ¥48.04 million.

Starting in winter 2025, Tokyu Corporation and Tokyu Railway, in collaboration with the Saginuma Station Redevelopment Association, will launch a transformative redevelopment project centered on Saginuma Station on the Tōkyū Den-en-toshi Line.

Property-related taxes in Japan are classified into three categories according to timing.

Tokyo Tatemono has introduced "minanoba," a new brand of community-focused commercial facilities, with the first location opening in Sagamihara.