Japan is open to foreign real estate investors, even overseas ones. It is possible for foreigners to own buildings and land, with no restrictions on ownership. Because of this, it is one of the world’s top destinations for private real estate investors in the know and thousands of investors buy Japanese real estate from overseas [...]
One of the fundamental differences between buying a home, and investing in real estate, is who pays the mortgage. In Japan because interest rates are low, the differential between a residential mortgage and an investment mortgage may only be 1%. Given that the residential mortgage is invariably the cheaper of the two, you could be [...]
You may have heard that it can be difficult for foreign residents of Japan to navigate the financial services industry here. From being denied credit cards, to not being able to sign up for life insurance, to banking; we have all heard stories about people being told that their signatures do not look -enough- like [...]