Category: PROPERTY

There’s a company in Tokyo called Girls Chintai. Chintai means “rental” in Japanese, so you might think that Girls Chintai is an escort service, but chintai here is referring to apartments, and Girls ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing should take note of the risks posed by a property bubble and demographic changes, says the Financial Times’ Leo Lewis. ( read original story ...)

A real estate brokerage in Japan is helping those as hopeless with romance as they are with real estate, providing ”support” to single house hunters. ( read original story ...)

Now, the architectural amalgamation, otherwise known as Abbey Orchard House, is on the market for £5.95 million (US$6.8 million). More: The Highest Penthouse in Barcelona Is Also the Most Expensive in ... ( read original story ...)

The Abbey Orchard House took 10 years to complete and was even featured on the British TV show, Grand Designs. ( read original story ...)

Singapore-based Keppel REIT is acquiring a 98.47% stake in Ginza 2-chome, a freehold boutique office building in Tokyo, Japan. The remaining 1.53% interest in the property will be held by Keppel ... ( read original story ...)

It plans to use the acquisition to pave the way for the firm’s entrance into Japan’s market. The manager of Keppel REIT, Keppel REIT Management Limited, has acquired a 98.47% interest in a freehold ... ( read original story ...)

The main building of one of Japan's first private art museums that opened here in the early Showa era (1926-1989) stands stately at the base o ... ( read original story ...)

The “empty home” research by Nomura Research Institute is the latest in a series on Japan’s property market that it and other organisations have generated over many years. Together, they describe an ... ( read original story ...)

The manager of Keppel REIT has announced that the REIT will be acquiring an effective interest of 98.47% in Ginza 2-chome, a freehold boutique office building in Tokyo, Japan. On Oct 28, KR Ginza TMK ... ( read original story ...)

According to international property broker Knight Frank, growth in prime global rental markets appears to have peaked following months of rapid gains fueled by a substantial imbalance of supply ... ( read original story ...)

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. has become the only bidder for a landmark property in Tokyo owned by China Investment Corp., according to people familiar with the matter. ( read original story ...)

According to global property consultant CBRE, Tokyo's office vacancy rate is rising on the back of new supply. All-grade office vacancy rates rose to 4.9% in Q3 2022, an increase of 0.6 points from ... ( read original story ...)

Bill Mitchell, a professor of economics at the University of Newcastle in Australia, believes Japan’s approach works well, even if it might look like “a crazy system” from the outside. Even after a ... ( read original story ...)

(Mainichi/Kenji Ikai) TOKYO -- A breathtaking display of national treasures ... museum -- all at once for the first time in its history. Under Japan's cultural property protection law, national ... ( read original story ...)

Last year, we became the proud owners of a cheap house in the Japanese countryside, which we purchased for the dirt-cheap price of US$9,100. Ever since then, we’ve been prepping the place for some ... ( read original story ...)