Osaka listings: the headline and the street-level picture after 37 days

[lena.voss]

Trying to sense-check my Osaka notes. The asking-price bracket is ¥20,810,000 to ¥31,210,000, mostly serviced apartments, and the typical listing in my sample has been visible for 37 days. Yet the saved listings are moving at very different speeds.

My working theory is that building reserves help explain the gap between quick sales and stale stock. Are others seeing that, or are condition, financing and seller motivation more important? Recent completed sales, withdrawals and the timing of price cuts would be especially useful.

 

[lens.wild]

I would not lead with reserves until the sample is split more carefully. “Osaka” can hide sharp neighbourhood differences, and serviced apartments may attract a different financing pool from ordinary residential units. Also, a disappeared listing is not necessarily a completed sale; it may have been withdrawn or relisted.

Do you have the building age, condition and exact neighbourhood for each one? Those details could explain more than 37 days on their own.

 

[knitsAndHarbor]

Agreed on separating withdrawals from sales, but reserves could still matter when two otherwise similar units are in different buildings. I’d group the saved listings by neighbourhood boundary, building, condition and financing eligibility, then note each first price cut and whether fresh competing stock appeared. That should show whether the stale listings share a property problem or simply have sellers who are less motivated.