Die japanische Regierung will die Verwaltung des Eigentumsstatus von Ausländern an Immobilien, die Registrierung und Staatsangehörigkeit zentralisieren und bereits 2027 ein System einführen
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a6e92d605f6629a908699c7c7c7f709fd4a136eb
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I wish the Japanese government regulated house flippers regardless of nationality…
Bearish conversation maybe ?
What does this mean for existing owners? I’m wondering if I should buy a place before these new rules go into effect 🤔
Guess what’s in the pipeline:
“国籍などを登録、把握する仕組みが整えば、日本人と外国人で不動産関連の税率に差をつけることや、取得自体を規制するための条件整備につながる。”
“The establishment of a system for registering nationality will permit the establishment of a different property tax rate for Japanese and foreigners…”
Annnd im just going to repost part of my old comment here
**Step 1 = build nationality-tagged registry**
**Step 2 = Profit :(**
* **Tax differentiation:** We will increase the tax for all land under foreign ownership and introduce a fee to cover our costs. (you can imagine this being a nice internationally agreeable percentage like 5% at purchase time AND per year). It will be beautifully timed to be pulled out their behind right before the next election cycle.
* **Ownership restrictions:** require prior notification, approval, or proof of residency for certain zones or acreage. Leaving Japan for a certain amount of time has consequences. Approval from surrounding residents association (町内会) before you can buy/build.
* **Oversight:** Require Japanese official „guarantors“ to ensure the foreigner is following the rules perpetually. All land purchases require such a JP national (CPA?) or designated associations approval and oversight before purchase and during ownership. (perhaps someone from the newly minted Coexistence Ministry).
This is damn disappointing and people should prepare. No use in pumping into a mortgage when you have no rights to the land.
And sadly it makes all of the previous oyagi PMs look downright pragmatic.
Ten years from now when these policies proved disastrous, there will be a quiet reversal. But the damage will have been done.
Every f’ing day, some new story on how to be harsher on foreigners in some scapegoaty way. Every goddamn day now.
As home owner this deeply worries me with the push of „tax foreigners more“ bull shit. I already pay high taxes. This is bullshit. if you want foreign to complete fuck off, just come out and say it so we can start planning.
Remember, they’re only going after the bad foreigners, the good ones have nothing to fear.
Oops, turns out there’s no such thing as a good foreigner in their eyes
How surprising /s