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Fee transparency means more than one total. Ask for the valuation fee, optional coordination work, third-party costs, taxes where applicable, travel and charges for updates. The quote should also identify who authorises extra work. No additional expense should quietly appear because someone else...

The house has been listed for 120 days. My concern is that an 8% discount may still look arbitrary without reliable completed-sale evidence. This is my first Tokyo offer. The detached home is asking ¥102,500,000 and needs updating; nearby asking prices are comparable, but they do not show where...

I would keep immigration status and property ownership as separate topics. Don’t assume that buying the apartment creates residency rights, or that one answer about ownership settles the residency question. Ask the appropriate local professionals to explain each issue independently and how your...

One practical way to test the theory is to create matched pairs: same small area, similar size and condition, then note building differences, asking-price changes and outcome. If energy performance repeatedly separates the faster listing from the slower one after those comparisons, the case...

At this stage, the evidence supports a question rather than a market call. Split Tokyo into the neighbourhoods actually followed, define the villa category, use matched asking and sold records, preserve relistings, and compare both volume and outcomes across several months. If the 6.9% gap and...

The floor-area point should come first, especially because “approximately” leaves room for different measurements. Does the 195 m² refer only to internal living space, or does it include parking, storage or other areas? A room-by-room breakdown would make the asking price easier to assess.

With only one closed transaction, there is not enough evidence to let its price control the whole calculation. I’d use it as the starting point only if its date, micro-location, tenure and condition are reasonably close; otherwise, a better-matched listing may deserve more weight even though its...

The property-type mix may be doing more work than the coastal label. Apartments and houses should not be combined without at least showing separate results, and new versus previously occupied property may also affect asking prices and marketing time. Even a simple table of counts would make the...

Monthly affordability deserves its own stress test. Start with the quoted payment, then model the payment after the one-year reset without assuming a successful refinance. If your income or other commitments vary, use the weaker months rather than an annual average. The lender’s affordability...