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80.4% Concerned About Rising Interest Rates: Reviewing 3,174 Tower-Condominium Sale Listings and Revisions in Tokyo's 23 Wards

In a survey by AlbaLink Co., Ltd., 80.4% of 107 current real-estate investors said that higher policy interest rates would affect real-estate investment. In Tokyo's 23 wards, 3,174 tower-condominium homes were listed for sale and 2,791 for rent; the latest observed sale-listing revisions comprised 363 reductions and 5 increases. Loan repayments and sale terms should be reviewed separately.

Topic & Methodology

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AI drafted this article from the source announcement and this site's data. Citations and figures were checked, with a separate AI call used for cross-checking. Verifiable facts are presented separately from conditional analysis, but these checks do not guarantee accuracy. This is neither a guarantee of future prices or returns nor a recommendation to buy or sell.

What the Source Confirms

How Investors Perceive Rising Interest Rates

AlbaLink Co., Ltd. conducted an online, voluntary-response survey of 107 current real-estate investors about their views on rising policy interest rates. A combined 80.4% said the current increase in policy rates would affect real-estate investment: 31.8% said it would have a strong effect and 48.6% said it would have some effect. [1][2][3]

The most common concern was a heavier loan-repayment burden, cited by 47.7%. The most common countermeasure was refinancing a loan, cited by 17.8%. [4][5]

The most common investment stance in view of future policy-rate movements was to wait and see while considering a good property if one became available, selected by 52.4%. [6]

What the Source Confirms

Tokyo 23-Ward Tower-Condominium Listings and Revisions

According to this site's aggregation, building pages are published for 670 buildings of 20 stories or more in Tokyo's 23 wards. There are 3,174 homes listed for sale, with a median price of JPY 7.866 million per tsubo, and 2,791 homes listed for rent, with a median rent of JPY 20,109 per tsubo per month. All figures describe the sample as of 2026-10-17. [7][8][9]

The median year-on-year change at the nearest official land-price survey point is +15.3%. Sale-listing price revisions observed from 2026-10-11 through 2026-10-17 comprised 363 reductions and 5 increases. [10][11]

Conditional Analysis

The Relationship Between Repayment Burdens, Rent, and Ownership Costs

One survey response said that higher loan rates increase monthly repayments and narrow the gap between those repayments and rental income. The median asking rent of JPY 20,109 per tsubo per month for Tokyo 23-ward rental listings is the level at the listing date. For a tower condominium financed with a large loan, higher repayments may squeeze the remaining cash. Existing owners should compare their rate type and outstanding balance with the rental terms. [12][9]

Under this site's investment-index assumptions, the monthly figure starts with rent adjusted for the assumed occupancy rate and deducts estimated management fees, repair reserve contributions, loan repayments, property taxes, and property-management fees. A home is excluded rather than calculated with a JPY 0 cost when its listing does not state management fees or repair reserve contributions. Consequently, resilience to rising interest rates may differ even at the same asking rent, depending on loan terms and the disclosed ownership costs. [13][14]

Conditional Analysis

Reading Asking-Price Revisions and Exit Conditions

Some respondents to the investor survey were concerned about falling property prices and less certain exit strategies. In Tokyo's 23 wards, sale-listing revisions observed from 2026-10-11 through 2026-10-17 comprised 363 reductions and 5 increases, showing that some asking prices were reduced at the listing stage. These are revisions to asking prices, however, and the materials do not establish that transaction prices fell. Anyone considering a sale should review reduction counts and transaction cases separately. [15][16][11]

The +15.3% year-on-year change at the nearest official land-price survey points, the median sale-listing price of JPY 7.866 million per tsubo, and the 363 sale-listing reductions cover different populations and dates: official land-price points, sale listings, and revision counts. They cannot be used to calculate a simple yield or rate of appreciation or depreciation. A prospective buyer needs to review asking prices and land-price trends separately from cash flow that includes management fees, repair reserve contributions, and loan repayments. [10][8][11]

Limitations & Points to Verify

What the Materials Do Not Show and What Remains to Be Checked

The investor survey consists of voluntary responses from 107 people and is not a sample limited to tower-condominium investors. Its results cannot be used as evidence of conditions among all domestic tower-condominium investors or of future price changes. Hikoya Real Estate's consultation service cites mortgage-repayment concerns as a reason for opening, but it is not a survey of investment-property loans or tower-condominium transaction trends. [1][17]

This site's sale and rental data is an aggregation at the listing stage and does not represent vacancy rates, transaction prices, or actual management conditions. Its investment-index assumptions likewise do not reflect interior condition, views, management quality, repair plans, or other factors that cannot be read from listings. Because these materials also do not establish a causal relationship between listing-reduction counts and rising policy interest rates, transaction cases and contract terms should be checked separately. [18]

Sources and passages reviewed

Research and opinions belong to their respective publishers. Citations establish the basis of the analysis and do not guarantee future results.

  1. PR TIMES（企業の発表）
    現在、不動産投資を行っている107人を対象に

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  2. PR TIMES（企業の発表）
    インターネットによる任意回答

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  3. PR TIMES（企業の発表）
    「とても（31.8％）」「やや（48.6％）」を合わせて80.4％

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  4. PR TIMES（企業の発表）
    「ローン返済負担の増加（47.7％）」

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  5. PR TIMES（企業の発表）
    「ローンの借り換え（17.8％）」

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  6. PR TIMES（企業の発表）
    「様子見しつつ、良い物件があれば検討する（52.4％）」

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  7. TOWERS.SELECT Aggregation
    東京23区のタワーマンションのデータ：東京23区で当サイトが棟ページを公開している地上20階以上の建物は670棟。このうち31棟が建設中・計画中。

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  8. TOWERS.SELECT Aggregation
    東京23区のタワーマンションのデータ：売出中の住戸は3,174戸で、坪単価の中央値は786.6万円/坪（2026-10-17時点、標本3,174戸）。

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  9. TOWERS.SELECT Aggregation
    東京23区のタワーマンションのデータ：賃貸募集中の住戸は2,791戸で、坪賃料の中央値は20,109円/坪・月（2026-10-17時点、標本2,791戸）。

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  10. TOWERS.SELECT Aggregation
    東京23区のタワーマンションのデータ：これらの建物に最も近い地価公示の地点（2026年）の価格は、中央値で631.4万円/坪。前年比の中央値は+15.3%で、前年比を計算できた644棟のうち644棟で最寄りの地点が上昇している。

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  11. TOWERS.SELECT Aggregation
    東京23区のタワーマンションのデータ：2026-10-11から2026-10-17までに確認した価格改定は、売買で値下げ363戸・値上げ5戸、賃貸で値下げ240戸・値上げ8戸。

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  12. PR TIMES（企業の発表）
    ローン金利の上昇によって毎月の返済負担が増え、家賃収入との差が小さくなることです

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  13. Assumptions Behind TOWERS.SELECT's Investment Metrics
    想定の稼働率を反映した賃料から、管理費・修繕積立金・ローン返済・固定資産税等の概算・管理委託費を引いた月額。

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  14. Assumptions Behind TOWERS.SELECT's Investment Metrics
    管理費や修繕積立金が掲載に書かれていない住戸は、0円として計算せず、対象から外している。

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  15. PR TIMES（企業の発表）
    不動産価格の下落

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  16. PR TIMES（企業の発表）
    出口戦略の不透明化

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  17. 株式会社彦や不動産
    昨今の金利上昇を背景とした住宅ローンの返済不安

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)

  18. Assumptions Behind TOWERS.SELECT's Investment Metrics
    室内の状態、眺望、管理の状況、修繕の計画など、掲載から読み取れない条件は反映していない。

    Collected and aggregated:2026-10-17 17:24 (Japan time)