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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Personal experiences buying foreclosed property in Japan

I would be interested in hearing from other people who have bought foreclosed property in Japan, for the benefit of readers. Good or bad experiences welcome. Any insights. Risk is managed, not avoided. You can use the feedback form. I just searched the internet and I don't see many people posting info about their experiences. A lot of interest though. More questions than answers.
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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com

Friday, April 18, 2008

What are the risks buying foreclosed property?

There are always risks whenever you do anything. In fact there are risks attached to not doing anything - they are called 'opportunity costs'. Having bought property I think the greatest risks are:
1. Buying the wrong type of property
2. Buying in the wrong areas

You might wonder how could anyone buy a property without looking at it. The reality is that you do see inside. You do rely on the court photos to offer an accurate depiction of the houses condition. In my experience, and the house reports will support me, I dont think there is evidence of the court misleading buyers. On the contrary I think the information is representative. They provide a lot of photos. The risk is small that the condition of the property would have changed in the 6 months since it the photos were taken. Unlikely since its the same occupants, if they have not already left.
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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com

Monday, April 14, 2008

Why Japanese property is so cheap

The reason that Japanese property is 'soooo cheap' goes way beyond the issues of rural depopulation and foreclosures. Certainly there is negative population growth outside the major cities, but you could not accuse Japanese banks of engaging in a 'fire sale'. This process has gone on for over a decade, and there are still alot of properties. It seems they have left the residential properties to the end in the interests of social harmony.

Really the more important reason the property is cheap is cultural. I see this impacting in 2 respects:
1. Opportunity: Japanese salarymen don't have the opportunity to go tracking down properties and still less time to enjoy them. They have 2 significant weeklong holidays a year, and they are structured around visiting their traditional family home. Weekends present an opportunity but transport costs for Japanese people is expensive. They can't get the Japan Rail pass, and few of them have the flexibility to work from home.

2. Priorities: Japanese people place a greater sense of value on obligation to others, first employer, then family, so they are inclined to work very hard for their sake. That's HARD, but not SMART. There is a pride is suffrage in this country. "I am great because I suffered so hard for my country". An example is an acquaintenance of mine called 'Sugi'. He is the son of the owner of a construction company. The family spent $400K building a VERY nice holiday house in the mountains outside Tokyo. But they never use it. They probably keep it only as a matter of pride because they built it, and also because they can afford it. But they go there just twice a year and he lives just half an hour away from it. Its a lovely mountain retreat, just a walk away from a restaurant with fantastic scenic views over Chichibu. The place was designed as a place to entertain. It has accommodation for guests, a sweeping verandah looking over the mountains, a bar room, a pool room. A legacy of the 1980s - but its never used.
Instead he spends his time working 10 hours a day, 6 days a week, he is single and he spends his evenings alone for the most part drinking whiskey. Occasionally he dates a gorgeous girl because he's loaded, but maybe they reflect on him and think he's too pathetic to be worth it. He eats bar meals all the time because he has no mother to take care of him. Probably a candidate for suicide. But he'd probably be knocked over by salarymen rushing to catch a train on his way to the station - except that he is too well-heeled to catch a train, and its 5AM and they are too polite to knock you over. But trust me I've seen them run at 5AM in the morning to get to the office....as I was coming back from an all-nighter in Roppongi.
That's your market for property in Japan. If only he could be interested. So he sits on cash. Falling property prices has greatly escalated the disparity in wealth between the rich and poor in Japan. Sugi is the Vice President of the company, but his wealth is very much a legacy of his father's generation.
3. Retirees are not interested either: You might think these retirees are a market for foreclosed property, but a lot of them are loaded too, or at least comfortable, and they are so risk-averse they dont want to 'gamble' on a foreclosed property, as if buying through a court could pose any unquantifiable risk. Anyway, they want to live in the 'big city' because that is where their family is, and that's where the services they are accustomed to are located.

So it goes without saying in a large market like Japan, there is a huge market opportunity for foreigners with different lifestyles, different priorities, different risk sensitivities, with a hankering for an adventure or a lifestyle change to buy what most Japanese people consider unreachable because they burden themselves with responsibilities to others. So for those that dont take pride in suffering - read on!
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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com

Major cities of Japan

資料:各都市の推計人口(ホームページ) Japan's major cities:
札幌市 Sapporo 仙台市 Sendai さいたま市 Saitama 千葉市 Chiba
東京都区部 Tokyo-23 横浜市 Yokohama 川崎市 Kawasaki 新潟市 Niigata 静岡市 Shizuoka 浜松市 Hamamatsu 名古屋市 Nagoya 京都市 Kyoto 大阪市 Osaka 堺市 Sakai 神戸市 Kobe 広島市 Hiroshima 北九州市 Kitakyushu 福岡市 Fukuoka

Cities and towns of Tokyo

競売物件購入 keibai buttsuken kounyu 千代田区 Chiyoda-ku 八王子市 Hachioji-shi 羽村市 Hamura-shi 中央区 Chuo-ku 立川市 Tachikawa-shi あきる野市 Akiruno-shi 港区 Minato-ku 武蔵野市 Musashino-shi 西東京市 Nishitokyo-shi 新宿区 Shinjuku-ku 三鷹市 Mitaka-shi 文京区 Bunkyo-ku 青梅市 Ome-shi 郡部 Towns and villages 台東区 Taito-ku 府中市 Fuchu-shi 瑞穂町 Mizuho-machi
墨田区 Sumida-ku 昭島市 Akishima-shi 日の出町 Hinode-machi 江東区 Koto-ku 調布市 Chofu-shi 檜原村 Hinohara-mura 品川区 Shinagawa-ku 町田市 Machida-shi 奥多摩町 Okutama-machi 目黒区 Meguro-ku 小金井市 Koganei-shi 大田区 Ota-ku 小平市 Kodaira-shi 島部 Islands 世田谷区 Setagaya-ku 日野市 Hino-shi 大島町 Oshima-machi 渋谷区 Shibuya-ku 東村山市 Higashimurayama-shi 利島村 Toshima-mura
中野区 Nakano-ku 国分寺市 Kokubunji-shi 新島村 Niijima-mura 杉並区 Suginami-ku 国立市 Kunitachi-shi 神津島村 Kouzushima-mura 豊島区 Toshima-ku 福生市 Fussa-shi 三宅村 Miyake-mura 北区 Kita-ku 狛江市 Komae-shi 御蔵島村 Mikurajima-mura 荒川区 Arakawa-ku 東大和市 Higashiyamato-shi 八丈町 Hachijo-machi 板橋区 Itabashi-ku 清瀬市 Kiyose-shi 青ケ島村 Aogashima-mura 練馬区 Nerima-ku 東久留米市 Higashikurume-shi 小笠原村 Ogasawara-mura 足立区 Adachi-ku 武蔵村山市 Musashimurayama-shi 葛飾区 Katsushika-ku 多摩市 Tama-shi 江戸川区 Edogawa-ku 稲城市 Inagi-shi

Cities & Towns of Saitama

競売物件購入 keibai buttsuken kounyu 西区 Nishi-ku 北区 Kita-ku 大宮区 Omiya-ku 見沼区 Minuma-ku 中央区 Chuo-ku 桜区 Sakura-ku 浦和区 Urawa-ku 南区 Minami-ku 緑区 Midori-ku Cities (-shi) さいたま市 Saitama-shi 川越市 Kawagoe-shi 熊谷市 Kumagaya-shi 川口市 Kawaguchi-shi 行田市 Gyoda-shi 秩父市 Chichibu-shi 所沢市 Tokorozawa-shi 飯能市 Hanno-shi 加須市 Kazo-shi 本庄市 Honjo-shi 東松山市 Higashi-Matsuyama-shi 岩槻市 Iwatski-shi 春日部市 Kasukabe-shi 狭山市 Sayama-shi 羽生市 Hanyu-shi 鴻巣市 Kounosu-shi 深谷市 Fukaya-shi 上尾市 Ageo-shi 草加市 Souka-shi 越谷市 Koshigaya-shi 蕨 市 Warabi-shi 戸田市 Toda-shi 入間市 Iruma-shi 鳩ケ谷市 Hatogaya-shi 朝霞市 Asaka-shi 志木市 Shiki-shi 和光市 Wako-shi 新座市 Niiza-shi 桶川市 Okegawa-shi 久喜市 Kuki-shi 北本市 Kitamoto-shi 八潮市 Yasio-shi 富士見市 Fujimi-shi 上福岡市 Kami-fukuoka-shi 三郷市 Misato-shi 蓮田市 Hasuda-shi 坂戸市 Sakado-shi 幸手市 Satte-shi 鶴ケ島市 Tsurogashima-shi 日高市 Hidaka-shi 吉川市 Yoshikawa-shi 北足立郡 Districts (-gun) 伊奈町 Ina-machi or ko 吹上町 Fukiage-machi 大井町 Oi-machi 三芳町 Miyoshi-machi 毛呂山町 Moroyama-machi 越生町 Ogose-machi 名栗村 Naguri-mura

Cities &Towns of Kanagawa

競売物件購入 keibai buttsuken kounyu 県計 市部計 郡部計 横浜市 鶴見区 神奈川区 西区 中区 南区 港南区 保土ヶ谷区 旭区 磯子区 金沢区 港北区 緑区 青葉区 都筑区 戸塚区 栄区 泉区 瀬谷区 川崎市 川崎区 幸区 中原区 高津区 宮前区 多摩区 麻生区 横須賀市 平塚市 鎌倉市 藤沢市 小田原市 茅ヶ崎市 逗子市 相模原市 三浦市 秦野市 厚木市 大和市 伊勢原市 海老名市 座間市 南足柄市 綾瀬市 三浦郡葉山町 高座郡寒川町 中郡 大磯町 二宮町 足柄上郡 中井町 大井町 松田町 山北町 開成町 足柄下郡 箱根町 真鶴町 湯河原町 愛甲郡 愛川町 清川村

Cities & Towns of Chiba

競売物件購入 keibai buttsuken kounyu 県計 市計 郡計 千葉市 中央区 花見川区 稲毛区 若葉区 緑区 美浜区 銚子市 市川市 船橋市 館山市 木更津市 松戸市 野田市 佐原市 茂原市 成田市 佐倉市 東金市 八日市場市 旭市 習志野市 柏市 勝浦市 市原市 流山市 八千代市 我孫子市 鴨川市 鎌ヶ谷市 君津市 富津市 浦安市 四街道市 袖ケ浦市 八街市 印西市 白井市 富里市

Cities & Towns of Osaka

競売物件購入 keibai buttsuken kounyu 総 数 府 保 健 所 計 池 田 池田市 豊能町  箕面市  能勢町  豊中豊中市  吹 田 吹田市 茨木摂津市  茨木市 島本町 枚方枚方市  寝屋川 寝屋川市 守口 守口市  門真市 四條畷 四條畷市 交野市  大東市 八 尾 八尾市  柏原市  藤井寺 松原市  羽曳野市 藤井寺市 富田林 大阪狭山市 富田林市 河内長野市 河南町  太子町  千早赤阪村 和泉和泉市  泉大津市 高石市  忠岡町  岸和田 岸和田市 貝塚市  泉佐野 泉佐野市 熊取町 田尻町  泉南市  阪南市  岬町 大 阪 市 堺市 高槻市 東大阪市  

Cities & Towns of Hiroshima

競売物件購入 keibai buttsuken kounyu 県計 広島市 広島市中区 広島市東区 広島市南区 広島市西区 広島市安佐南区 広島市安佐北区 広島市安芸区 広島市佐伯区 呉市 竹原市 三原市 尾道市 福山市 府中市 三次市 庄原市 大竹市 東広島市 廿日市市 安芸高田市 江田島市 府中町 海田町 熊野町 坂町 安芸太田町 北広島町 大崎上島町 世羅町 神石高原町