Japanese Investors Stepping into the MultiFamily Market

An interesting article was published on Multi-Housing News..."Japanese Investors Seek U.S. Multifamily Opportunities." Currently in Japan, the real estate market is oversaturated, whereas here in the US we continue to face a soft housing market. That, coupled with incredibly low interest rates (3.2% vs. the 7% in the US), has led a Japanese real estate development firm (Nomura Real Estate Development) to seek multifamily and commercial investment opportunities in the US - most specifically- in the New York area. The areas they took most interest were regions similar to the suburbs of Tokyo...metro areas with good school districts.

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