How to buy a home in Kyoto as a foreigner: Webinar
Online version of our popular series of seminars on how to buy your dream home (not investment property) in Japan. This session will include general information on buying property and real estate trends, as well as specific info about the market in Kyoto. The seminar will be held live online from 6:30PM to 7:30PM on Tuesday, Dec 15th (JST).
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- Host:
- Real Estate Japan
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- Date:
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- Time:
- 6:30 pm
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- Location:
- This seminar will be held online and virtually hosted in Tokyo
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- Admission:
- FREE
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- Seats:
- 30
Real Estate Japan is pleased to present the online version of our popular series of seminars on buying your dream home in Japan.
This session will focus specifically on how to buy a home in Kyoto as a foreigner. We’ve had many requests to do a seminar focusing on Kyoto, so we expect a full house and are looking forward to seeing everyone! This will be a co-presentation by GPlusMedia (the parent company of Real Estate Japan) and RE/MAX Community Labo.
We will be covering the following topics:
- Presented by GPlusMedia
- Japanese real estate market trends
- Interest rates
- Financing options based on visa status
- Tax benefits and deductions
- Buying vs renting
- How to purchase real estate in Japan
- Presented by RE/MAX Community Labo
- Kyoto real estate market and trends
- How to access Kyoto from airports, Tokyo Station, and Osaka station
- Demand for Kyoto real estate
This seminar is designed for foreign residents of Japan, but our partner RE/MAX Community Labo is also able to provide assistance to overseas residents who are interested in buying a home in Japan.
Q&A session will be held at the end of the online seminar
Bring your questions and take notes, as we’ll be holding a Q&A session at the end!
Free, online consultations are available by appointment
For a private consultation, please indicate that you would like to request an appointment on the registration form. A consultant from RE/MAX Community Labo will contact you.
Our partner, RE/MAX Community Labo is able to offer personalized consultation, including the following.
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Property information from REINS (the Japanese version of the Multiple Listing Service) as well as additional information from local agents.
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Consulting with banks to find out how much you can borrow.
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Provide Income/Expenditure spreadsheets for properties you are interested in, including costs involved in finding tenants.
Properties currently for sale
All the agents listing properties on Real Estate Japan are able to assist clients in English and Japanese; some of our partner agents are also able to speak Traditional and Simplified Chinese.
Before attending the seminar, you may want to look through properties currently available on Real Estate Japan to see if there are any of interest. If so, you can inquire directly to the agent handling the listing by filling out the inquiry form on the property detail page. Please click the links below to see current listings:
All For Sale Property Listings
Kyoto featured properties
We list a wide range of properties for sale in Kyoto, from traditional-style homes to recently built single-family houses and modern apartments. Please click here to see current listings in Kyoto. To get more information on any of the listings and to arrange a room view, please contact the agent by filling out the inquiry form on the property detail page.
Articles on Buying Property in Japan
Real Estate Japan regularly publishes articles on buying, selling, and investing in property in Japan, covering a wide of topics from data and market reports to macroeconomic trends and featured properties from around the country.
Here are a few of our most popular articles on home buying:
- Guide to buying a home in Japan
- Average price of an apartment in Japan in 2020 — Ranked by Prefecture
- Questions to ask when buying a condominium in Japan
- What to ask before buying a vacant house in Japan
- Where do foreigners want to buy homes in Tokyo? Here are the Top 5 most popular stations
- What is the average price of a house in Kyoto?
- Buying a renovated traditional wooden house in Kyoto: Answers to FAQs about Kyoto Machiya
Please visit the Resources section to see all of our articles.
The seminar is free, but attendance is limited to 30 participants and previous seminars have filled up quickly. Please click on the registration link below to reserve a seat!
Speakers
RE/MAX Community Labo
Shoko Tanaka
Director
After graduating from college, she worked for a condominium development company, working in sales and market research of new condominiums. After this she started a condominium development company with a colleague and was responsible for site purchasing, sales and product planning. She then moved to Kyoto to run a real estate consulting company with her husband. Currently, she works for RE/MAX, an international franchise company based in the United States, and has handled a wide range of properties in Kyoto, including residential, investment and second homes, as well as sales, leasing and management.
GPlusMedia Inc.
Yasuhiro Kitagawa
CBDO
Yasuhiro is in charge of business development within GPlusMedia and integrates GPlusMedia with Gakken Group to build up synergy and new services/products across different channels to make it global.
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