A real estate expert on a panel set up by the Cabinet believes the government is better off regulating how land is used rather than who is allowed to own it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/japan/politics/foreign-national-policy-real-estate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #realestate #nationality #personalinformation #expats
Housing loans with repayment periods of up to 50 years, far longer than the standard 35-year term for long-term mortgages, are gaining popularity in Japan, particularly among people in their 20s. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/25/economy/japan-superlong-housing-loans/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #housing #realestate #debt #japaneseeconomy
Elliott Investment Management has been approaching institutional investors in Japan to push Toyota group to sweeten its ¥4.7 trillion bid to take a key affiliate private. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/18/companies/elliott-approach-toyota-buyout/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #elliottinvestmentmanagement #toyotaindustries #toyota #acquisitions #manufacturing #realestate #carmakers
Japan's government intends, starting in fiscal 2026, to require new property owners to disclose their nationality on their property registration application and submit copies of their passport or residence card. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/16/japan/politics/foreigners-land-registration/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #realestate #nationality #personalinformation
Mre. Dartigen [maker mode]
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U.S. property portal Zillow started publishing climate risk data on home listings last year, but last month, it quietly removed that data. Here's more from Inman.com.
#USPropertyMarket #Zillow #Homes #ClimateRisk #ClimateCrisis #RealEstate
Chewie
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The largest US real estate listing site has removed on-page climate risk data after industry complaints it was affecting sales.
But burying climate risk information will not change the danger that increasingly frequent and intense disasters pose for millions of people.
Billy Smith
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No kidding!
"Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property”
The government is looking to include nationality in a planned property registration database amid concerns that property acquisitions by foreign citizens have driven up prices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/03/japan/japan-property-registrations-nationality/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #realestate #nationality #personalinformation
The largest US real estate listing site has removed on-page climate risk data after industry complaints it was affecting sales.
But burying climate risk information will not change the danger that increasingly frequent and intense disasters pose for millions of people.
And this is part of a bigger problem. As climate impacts intensify, insurance systems are failing.
Premiums rise, coverage shrinks and communities lose protection.
The answer is not opacity and higher costs for families. Polluters must pay for the damage.
#MakePollutersPay #climatecrisis #climatechange #realestate #zillow
The largest US real estate listing site has removed on-page climate risk data after industry complaints it was affecting sales.
But burying climate risk information will not change the danger that increasingly frequent and intense disasters pose for millions of people.
U.S. property portal Zillow started publishing climate risk data on home listings last year, but last month, it quietly removed that data. Here's more from Inman.com.
#USPropertyMarket #Zillow #Homes #ClimateRisk #ClimateCrisis #RealEstate
High-income job losses are cooling housing demand
https://jbrec.com/insights/job-growth-housing-demand-metro-analysis-2026/
#HackerNews #HighIncomeJobs #HousingDemand #JobMarket #RealEstate #Trends #EconomicImpact
No kidding!
"Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property”
Overseas buyers accounted for 3.5% of newly built condos purchased in Tokyo’s 23 wards in the first half of 2025, a sizeable increase from last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/foreign-condo-buyers-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #realestate #mlit #surveys #tokyo #osaka
Tokyo Gas plans to sell a commercial building in Ginza, Tokyo to Mantomi Asset Management for over ¥30 billion, or $191 million. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/25/companies/tokyo-gas-ginza-building-sale-plan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tokyogas #ginza #tokyo #buildings #realestate
The Banished Bottom of the Housing Market
https://www.ryanpuzycki.com/p/the-banished-bottom-of-the-housing
#HackerNews #HousingMarket #Trends #HousingNews #RealEstate #Insights #MarketAnalysis
Alex Akselrod
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With little public scrutiny, the #Trump admin is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies & wealthiest investors.
The #Treasury Dept & #IRS, through a series of new notices & proposed #regulations, are giving breaks to giant #PrivateEquity firms, #crypto companies, #foreign #RealEstate investors, #insurance providers & a variety of multinational #corporations.
How the #Trump Administration Is Giving Even More #TaxBreaks to the #Wealthy
The #Treasury Department & #IRS are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big #corporations & the #ultrarich.
#law #SeparationOfPowers #aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/trump-administration-tax-breaks-wealthy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
With little public scrutiny, the #Trump admin is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies & wealthiest investors.
The #Treasury Dept & #IRS, through a series of new notices & proposed #regulations, are giving breaks to giant #PrivateEquity firms, #crypto companies, #foreign #RealEstate investors, #insurance providers & a variety of multinational #corporations.
A group of 1,191 people across Japan has sent a petition to a court seeking the return of about ¥11.4 billion from a company based in the city of Osaka over real estate investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/crime-legal/petition-real-estate-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #realestate #osaka #investments #japanesecourts
Mori Trust is looking for overseas partners to launch condominiums in Japan that can be rented out like hotel rooms, its CEO said, as the company seeks to profit from the nation’s tourism boom. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/05/companies/mori-trust-seeks-foreign-partners/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #moritrust #realestate #hotels #tourism #constructionindustry