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The Tokyo City Development Bureau announced the “New Residential Construction Statistics” for the Tokyo area, August 2005.

Here at Japan-investments.com we believe the numbers within the August report support our own observations in working within this market everyday. Simply put, we see that a very large amount of real estate development work was committed to in 2004. 2004 year became a race to buy up all the available real estate on the market at the as it become more and more things agreed that real estate in Japan has improved. These investment projects have now commenced and are well under way or competed. The 2004 rush to grab real estate sent a message to many land owners, that message, “wait and see how far the prices rise before I sell”. Real estate investors today in Tokyo  are finding it increasingly difficult to find land that is suitable for development. Real estate that does become available is showing it will yield in around 3%. Of course good buys are still available in Japan the question is finding them. Japan-investments.com will commence a block of 11 condos in Hyogo this November 2005. Yield is set at 6.2%.

According to The Tokyo City Development Bureau’s report, the number of new, privately owned housing units started was 16,650 (an 8.9% increase over the previous year), marking three months of continued increase for the current year.

Broken down according to usage, 1,916 units were for “home ownership”, a 13.9% increase over the previous year but the third continuous month of decrease for the current year.  In contrast to this however, “rental homes” were 7,573 units, a 21.1% increase over the previous year and the fourth month of continuous increase for the current year.  Subdivisions were 4,784 for condominiums, a 2.5% increase over the previous year and a belated increase after three months of no growth in the current year, and single-family homes were 2,126 units, a 0.1% increase over the previous year and a belated increase (slight) after nine months of no growth in the current year.  All told there were 6,923 units, a 1.9% increase over the previous year and a belated increase after three months of no growth in the current year.

Broken down by area, the 3rd ward in the city center (897 units, 1.8% more than the previous year) experienced its 7th straight month of decrease.  In contrast to this, the 10th ward (3,212 units, 3.5% more than the previous year) experienced its 2nd straight month of growth.  Overall, the wards (12,136 units, 13.2% more than the previous year) experienced their 3rd straight month of increase.  In addition, the surrounding regions saw 4,422 housing units started, a 0.9% increase over the previous year but the third consecutive month of decrease for the current year.

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