Most property buyers in Japan tend to be Japanese residents. For them the prospect of buying in Japan is less controversial. The reasoning goes: You need a house, foreclosed properties are a huge discount to market price, there is a huge inventory of foreclosed properties ensuring a good choice....where do I buy your book? :)
These people can also look abroad, but not knowing when they are going home, and the issues of looking for property abroad, and not wanting to put all their money in gold, is probably going to lead them to Japanese property. Fine.
That said, the Japanese economy is likely to perform well in future....after the slump that is. There are some promising aspects about Japan:
1. Reform-minded government can be expected
2. Household debt has wound back over the last 16 years
3. Low interest rates
When we look at Japan, one cannot ignore the relationship of Japan to its neighbouring countries. Aside from holding a lot of US treasuries (for what they are worth), Japanese enterprise has a lot of investment in Asia. The question of when and if Japan will allow increased foreign immigration is difficult to say. I tend to think it will target higher productivity and retraining rather than imported labour. We must remember that Japan is effectively outsourcing jobs already. There are Filipinos, Chinese, etc doing contract work for Japanese companies, both in Japan and outside. This is a global trend. So the question then becomes simply who will care and entertain the aging parents. Probably middle aged children and robotic pet dogs.
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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com
http://foreclosedjapan.sheldonthinks.com/
These people can also look abroad, but not knowing when they are going home, and the issues of looking for property abroad, and not wanting to put all their money in gold, is probably going to lead them to Japanese property. Fine.
That said, the Japanese economy is likely to perform well in future....after the slump that is. There are some promising aspects about Japan:
1. Reform-minded government can be expected
2. Household debt has wound back over the last 16 years
3. Low interest rates
When we look at Japan, one cannot ignore the relationship of Japan to its neighbouring countries. Aside from holding a lot of US treasuries (for what they are worth), Japanese enterprise has a lot of investment in Asia. The question of when and if Japan will allow increased foreign immigration is difficult to say. I tend to think it will target higher productivity and retraining rather than imported labour. We must remember that Japan is effectively outsourcing jobs already. There are Filipinos, Chinese, etc doing contract work for Japanese companies, both in Japan and outside. This is a global trend. So the question then becomes simply who will care and entertain the aging parents. Probably middle aged children and robotic pet dogs.
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Andrew Sheldon www.sheldonthinks.com
http://foreclosedjapan.sheldonthinks.com/
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