How to choose the right house when buying a house in Japan?

To buy a house in Japan, you must first find a lot of information about the housing, then choose a house that suits you to confirm on the spot, and finally sign a contract to buy it. From personal experience, you can follow the following steps:

Make sure whether you want to buy a house or an apartment first.

Find a suitable intermediary and recommend an online intermediary website, such as SUUMO.

There will be a lot of listing information on the intermediary website. Search according to your own conditions to find the right housing.

The house information on the intermediary website is also uploaded by the offline intermediary company, so the information of a suite may be provided by many companies. If you just browse, choose the one with the most pictures and information.

After taking a fancy to one of them, you must confirm whether the contractor of this house sells it directly or only through other intermediaries. This is very important! If the contractor sells directly, there is generally no agency fee. If the contractor does not sell directly, he can only buy through an intermediary. The agency fee is generally 3% of the house price, which is not a small fee. However, due to fierce competition, some intermediaries do not charge agency fees. Find such an intermediary, and then you can save 3% agency fee by buying through them.

After determining the intermediary, it is the bargaining step. The general real estate sales industry will only omit the last two digits. In other words, a house of 39.8 million can generally talk about 39 million at most. Some popular houses are very popular. If you bargain too much, you may miss the opportunity and be bought by others first.

After the price is settled, it is the stage of whether to lend or not, and the stage of bank loan review. After the loan is approved, it is to sign a contract with the intermediary and the bank, and then get the key.

Finally, I wish you an ideal house!