Foreign Investors Welcome to Buy Property in Niseko Japan

Unlike many other places in Japan, the properties in and around Niseko are open to foreign investors. This opens the area up to not only a wonderful opportunity for expansion and improvements, but allows the skiers and snowboard enthusiasts who spend hundreds of thousands of dollars there annually on vacation to buy homes which they can then rent out when they are not using them personally. It is a win-win situation all the way around!

Currently there are multiple properties available for sale within the Village of Hirafu, which is home to the fabulous ski resort community known as Niseko. For example if you would like to purchase an apartment style home at the Alpen Ridge, you have all the advantages of living in one of the most sought after resorts with the convenience of ski-in, ski-out accommodations. On site, there is a sports school, snowboard and ski rental facility as well as childcare. The asking price is 99million yen.

An example is the Star Chalet, offered at 55million yen. This fantastic two-story home is set in a natural setting with a popular open floor plan. Shuttle bus services get you to the slopes in minutes and this wonderful home has broadband Internet, is very well appointed throughout and includes ski storage and a dry room for your ski equipment.

Located a short one minute walk to the Niseko Gondola, the Niseko Landmark View offers elegantly furnished two bedroom, two bath room ensuites with a deli on-site and concierge services for their residents. At 75million yen, this is the type of property that will sell very quickly. You also have multiple opportunities to let or rent these properties out when you are not using them, that is if you decide not to live here year round yourself!

Multiple land packages are available as well. The price ranges are so varied that one could not begin to list them all. Some of the land prices are strictly for the land alone and others include the plans for your dream home to be built to your specifications.

The further you move from the actual ski resort area itself, the lower the prices will go. However there are many things to consider other than just price when you are considering purchasing property, especially in a foreign country. Make sure that you contact a reputable, licensed agent so that he or she can go over things with you such as the way you will be taxed, the length of time to build (if you do not purchase an existing unit), the requirements for down-payments and of course the legalities involved with renting the units to others.

Investment properties in the Niseko area have become a very popular investment for Australian’s due to the trade agreements currently in place between the two countries’s. Still considered “ground floor” opportunities to this rapidly growing resort community, if you are thinking about purchasing in the area, do not think on it too long.

Best Niseko Property Agents

Niseko Real Estate at www.nisekorealestate.com

Hokkaido Real Estate at www.hokkaidorealestate.com

Niseko Property at www.nisekoproperty.com

Hokkaido Tracks (developer and agent) at www.hokkaidotracks.com