{"id":139024,"date":"2023-09-03T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T02:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/japans-old-abandoned-houses-or-akiya-draw-foreign-buyers-looking-for-a-bargain-holiday-home-to-let\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T09:09:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T02:09:02","slug":"japans-old-abandoned-houses-or-akiya-draw-foreign-buyers-looking-for-a-bargain-holiday-home-to-let","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/japans-old-abandoned-houses-or-akiya-draw-foreign-buyers-looking-for-a-bargain-holiday-home-to-let\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan\u2019s old abandoned houses, or akiya, draw foreign buyers looking for a bargain holiday home to let"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLying vacant in mainly rural areas, Japan\u2019s 8 million or so akiya can often be snapped up for a fraction of the price of a new or lived-in property in a housing market that is already cheap compared to many others in the region.
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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