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Hiatus
on Jan 12, 2006The Japan Real Estate Blog is now on hiatus. We regret any inconvenience, and hope to resume blogging at a later date. Thank you for your understanding.Japan Real Estate BlogTags : japan, real estate, property, investment, 不動産...
Mutual Funds
on Nov 30, 2005Is investing in a mutual fund or hedge fund similar to gambling?In more ways than one, as Amit Varma discovers (via the PSD Blog).Japan Real Estate BlogTags : japan, real estate, property, investment, 不動産...
Mixed Record for New J-REITs
on Nov 26, 2005An interesting article in the Nikkei last Friday pointed out a sobering fact: only half of the J-REITs which came to market in fiscal 2005 have opened at above their IPO listing price. REITs listed by much-watched Japanese fund management companies...
State of the Market
on Nov 24, 2005According to the Nikkei, J-REITs, private domestic funds, and foreign funds each currently have around 3 trillion yen of real estate assets under management. Because of the fierce competition for good buildings, expected yields for prime Tokyo office...
More Fallout from the Aneha Scandal
on Nov 23, 2005Thirteen condos are to be demolished, and four hotels have stopped operations following revelations of falsified structural reports (see previous post). Meanwhile, Kimura Construction, the builder of many of the projects in question, has gone into ba...
Seismic Consequences
on Nov 19, 2005Last week, it was discovered that an architect had falsified structural analyses for 20 condominiums and a hotel in the Tokyo area – 13 of which have already been completed. At least four of the buildings might collapse in an earthquake with an int...