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Hokkaido Annual Market Report 2025
Explore the Uchi Insights Hokkaido annual market report 2025, with data-led analysis of inventory, sales activity, pricing, land trends and wider resort market movement.
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Why history still drives Tokyo’s ultra-prime property values
In Tokyo’s top residential districts, value is shaped by more than design, convenience or even rarity of supply. Some of the city’s most enduring premiums are rooted in something much older—the historic geography of power, status and legacy.
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The weak yen still matters: what currency moves mean for Japan property investors
With the yen still weak against major foreign currencies, international investors in Japanese real estate continue to benefit from a currency tailwind—but that advantage now sits alongside rising inflation, a shifting Bank of Japan stance and growing energy risk.
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Myoko’s turning point: can major capital reshape a once-sleepy resort market?
Myoko is no longer just a lower-profile alternative to Hakuba or Niseko—the combination of Patience Capital’s planned resort investment, global hotel branding and improving access visibility suggests the market is entering a more serious, but also more delicate, phase.
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Tokyo’s detached-home market cools—but the signal is more nuanced than it looks
Tokyo’s first drop in new detached-home asking prices in six months points less to a broad downturn than to a market splitting between softer central pricing and more resilient suburban demand.
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Japan’s tourism boom is becoming a stronger tailwind for resort real estate
Record visitor numbers are not just good news for hotels and airlines—they increasingly strengthen the long-term case for Japan’s best-positioned resort property markets.
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Midtown Niseko Sale Signals Continued Investor Interest In Hirafu
Midtown Niseko, one of Hirafu’s more accessible hotel offerings, is set to change hands in a deal valued at around US$80 million
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Why Kyoto Machiya Are Hidden Gems for Real Estate Investment
Kyoto is Japan’s second-largest tourism market and a top destination for both domestic and international travelers
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Japan property taxes: what really matters for buyers and owners
Japan’s property taxes are not especially mysterious, but they do work differently from what many overseas buyers expect—with several separate taxes applying at different stages of ownership.
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Can foreign investors get a real estate loan in Japan?
Foreigners can buy property in Japan quite freely, but access to financing is much more selective—especially for non-residents and investors seeking loans for second homes, resort property or pure investment assets.