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The buzz in the real estate industry about a reawakening property market got some statistical grounding this week when a government survey showed that land prices in some urban areas are on the rise.
The question now is whether the trend will spread beyond the metropolitan heartlands and buttress the gains made in the overall economy.
The average residential land price in Tokyo's eight central wards as of July 1 rose 0.3 percent from a year earlier, posting the first rise in 17 years, according to the land ministry statistics released Tuesday.
...For many real-estate executives, the highlight of Tuesday's survey was the rise in residential land prices, which supported their own observations of increased property transactions in Tokyo.
...Still, analysts caution it is too early to predict an end to asset deflation, particularly in rural Japan.
In the land ministry statistics, the rates of decline in residential and commercial land prices in regional areas were still among the largest for the past decade.
Mini_B wrote:... Just wondering...are any of these nightmare depreciation stories about places purchased in Tokyo? Or are you guys talking about inaka Japan? Location is key and it's hard to believe that a Tokyo property is on the downslide.
Rob Pongi wrote:Mini_B wrote:I've been living in Japan for over four years on and off. I bought a house a couple years ago in Florida - five minutes drive from Saint Petersburg Beach.....
"Well, well I been movin' down to Florida.
And I'm gonna bowl me a perfect game.
Well I'm gonna cut off my leg down in Florida, child.
And I'm gonna dance one-legged off in the rain.
Now, they say that Sidney Poitier was a blind man.
And they say that LBJ was a Soviet Jew.
When I go down Florida Way,
They're ain't no kind of sexual healing that I would not, could not, should
Not do, stick it right here.
Well I been movin' down to Florida.
I'm gonna potty train the chairman Mao.
I'm gonna make the governor write my doodoo a letter, child.
And I'm gonna grind me up a White Castle side out of India's sacred cow.
Well, I been movin' down Florida Way,
And I'm gonna build me the atomic bomb.
Well, I'm gonna hold time hostage down in Florida, child.
Ain't nobody, said ain't nobody gonna tell me what to do. Right here.
By this time I guess you've figured out about Florida.
Drink the muddy water in the Vaseline stain.
They be makin' tadpoles the size of Americans down in Florida.
That be tellin' Julio Iglesias what to sing, now.
Now, whoever said that Sidney Poitier was a blind man,
Knew the same of Elvis Presley, too.
When I go down Florida Way,
Ain't nobody, said ain't nobody gonna tell me what to do. Right here.
Well I been goin' down to Florida.
Pole cats lie naked in the Seminole sin.
When I go down Florida Way,
Like Vince, I wanna' win.
Well I went down to Florida.
I got away.
I took the children down to Florida.
I stuck the dick down the drain.
Get that boy down to Florida.
Give him a switch blade.
Tell him what to do."
"Moving To Florida" - Butthole Surfers, Cream Corn From The Socket Of Davis - 1985
kotatsuneko wrote:am seriously thinking of buying a nice house when we get back, but so many people say that buying isnt such a good thing, that you could sell the land afterwards, but the house is worthless, is this true?
any advice would be nice =^^=
A band I was in opened for them around that time. I was totally fuckin' thrilled. During the sound check they all had short hair and were very serious about getting the sound right and then they came out with wigs on during the show and rocked out. Standard sex change operation movies going. I saw them in once in Boulder, too. They had two full size movie screens going one with bloody car crashes and one with medical films of syphilitic dicks falling off. They Asian babe was nude and jumping on a trampoline. I almost had a fucking heart-attack. Oh yeah, don't buy a house.. We saw them a few times in SF in the late '80s and early '90s. First time was the 'Hairway To Steven' tour
twilightzone wrote:you would be a dumbfuck to buy a house/mansion/apartment in Japan.
biggest pieces of shit I have ever seen.
if its not imported, its fucked.
talkingdog wrote:[The new standards are very
high, higher on the whole than US standards. s.
Technologically on a par with Lexus cars I'd say. Too bad I can't afford either.
AssKissinger wrote:All I know is what I see. In America really nice houses can be over a hundred years old. In Japan, they fall to the ground in 25 years. If I buy a house I want to be able to live in it when I'm old for fucks sake.
Marvin wrote:The 2004 Japanese house will withstand a Florida hurricane and a
California quake and a Chicago Fire and do so while consuming zero energy and containing 100 percent recyclable materials.
Why the hell are they so bloody awful in Japan, then?
devicenull wrote:well, if japan actually built houses that weren't squallar, what ever would the contruction business/racket do when people didnt have to rebuild all the time? imagine, building a house that would last for 60+ years and having a families move into used houses on a regular basis, it would destroy like a fifth of japanese economy and force them them to be creative and get other jobs... such as warning pedestrians about open manhole covers or directing traffic at intersections that already have stop lights.
GomiGirl wrote:Don't forget badly designed kitchens with zero bench space and no ovens. Impossible to do any decent cooking.
Also zero storage space and not enough room for my shoe collection.
Yeah and it was really terrifying. The show was in a gymnasium on the University of Colorado campus so they had tons of wall space. Plus, I don't mean to make you jealous, but, it was on fucking Halloween. And back then Boulder had a big party called the 'Mall Crawl' on Halloween where everyone took shrooms and went totally nutter. Does anybody know if they're still doing that?but you saw them on two (2) FULL-SIZE movie screens AND the naked Asian babe WAS JUMPING ON A TRAMPOLINE!!! OH MY BIG HAPPY BUDDHA
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