Tag: Buying Property

How Germany's Klimaschutzgesetz and EU-wide energy targets are changing requirements for existing and new German property.

A region-by-region look at where to invest in German property, from major cities to university towns and holiday regions.

Whether the 'school district property' premium common elsewhere applies in Japan, and how Japan's more equal education system changes the logic.

How to calculate surface yield and actual yield on Japanese property, and the holding costs — management fees, reserve fund, and property tax — behind them.

The four types of 'kashi bukken' (defective property) in Japan — physical, legal, environmental and psychological — and what makes a property defective.

What counts as a 'jiko bukken' (stigmatized property) in Japan, the disclosure law that protects buyers and tenants, and two ways to check a property.

How Japan's earthquake resistance standards work, the 1981 and 2000 rule changes, and how to check whether a property meets the new standard.

The four main building structures used in Japan — wood, steel, reinforced concrete and steel-reinforced concrete — their statutory service lives and value impact.

How freehold (shoyuken) and leasehold (shakuchiken) ownership work for Japanese property, and the three types of leasehold rights investors should know.

How convenience store site selection, especially 7-Eleven's, can be read as a practical signal of population density for Japanese property investors.