Property prices in Japan may be near the bottom because transactions are picking up as loan default rates begin to decline....
.... Investors including Chuo Mitsui Trust & Banking Company and CLSA Capital Partners have said they will invest in real estate in Japan this year after the nation’s commercial land prices fell to the lowest in at least 36 years....
.... ‘The best time to invest is before things hit bottom, because if everyone were to agree we are right at bottom, they would all come rushing back in. If you have a longer term outlook, now is a very interesting time to be looking,’ said Buddy Ferrie, a general manager of the investment division at property consulting firm Colliers Halifax in Tokyo....
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Analysts indicate property prices in Japan may be near bottom, Property Wire, Friday, 04 June 2010 .
I first put up this video on 13 March but I think it is worth watching again. A video interview with Marc Faber (Posted Mar 12, 2010 07:30am EST by Peter Gorenstein):
"If you are going to put money to work in stocks both market watchers think Japan is the place to be. After a 20 year bear market and despite high-debt-to-GDP levels, the pair think the market has become too cheap to ignore. Always a contrarian, Faber believes the lack of interest in Japanese stocks makes it one of the most compelling buys in the world. "
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