Japan’s real-estate property investment market, as you may or may not know, is Asia-Pacific’s biggest market, and the second biggest global market in the world. But it is difficult for foreigners to invest in Japan’s real estate.
Properties in Japan are among the cheapest in the developed world, particularly in the lower end of the market, the property transactions are extremely well documented, with an official paper trail that stretches out to the moon and back – and the purchase and management is always legal, extremely well regulated, and with full recourse for both buyers and sellers.
Japan’s Real Estate should be property investors’ paradise because of its:
Affordability – following two and a half decades of deflation Transparency – common in developed countries Relatively high rental returns (4-10% annual net pre-tax returns, on average, for residential properties – depending on their locations and profiles)But why it hasn’t gained
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