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Kariya City Housing Market Report 2025

Data updated 2026-11-10 · Source: MLIT transaction price survey, 2005 Q3–2026 Q2

Key figures for 2025

Median used condo price
¥19.5M
¥297k/m²
Median house price (land + building)
¥46.0M
Residential land per m² (sales)
¥160k/m²
+3.2% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
294
#21 of 61 areas in Aichi by price per m²

What the data says

Prices are still rising, but more slowly

Growth has cooled to about 2.7% a year, down from 4.6% a year in the previous five years. This looks more like a maturing market than a turning point, and it gives buyers a bit more room to negotiate.

Lagging Aichi

Per m², condos here are 9% below the Aichi average. Ten years ago the gap was 1%, so Kariya City has been falling behind the rest of Aichi.

A modest station premium

Condos within a 5-minute walk of a station sell for about 6% more per m² than those 11–15 minutes away. The penalty for a longer walk is mild, so it is worth widening your search radius.

A family market

90% of recent condo sales have three or more bedrooms. Demand comes mainly from owner-occupier families, which tends to make prices steadier but rental yields lower.

Sales are thinning out

Transactions are down about 9% on the previous three years. Fewer sales mean less choice and slower resale, so allow more time to sell later.

What a typical purchase costs

Half of all condo sales last year were between ¥14.5M and ¥29.5M. Listings outside that range are either unusual properties or worth a closer look.

A shrinking population

The population fell 0.7% between 2020 and 2025 (−1.2% for the wider area). More people moved out than in during 2025 (about 2.2 per 1,000 residents), which weakens long-term housing demand. Households still grew 1.8% as people live in smaller households, which supports demand for smaller homes even as the population shrinks.

Typical vacancy

10.6% of homes were empty in 2023 (11.8% for the wider area), and 6.2% were empty without being for rent, for sale or used as second homes. The level of abandoned homes is around the national norm.

Buying vs renting

A median used condo costs about 28 years of the area's median rent (¥58k a month), compared with 30 years for the wider area. That is a middle-of-the-road ratio for Japan. Rents here cover all rented homes, so treat this as a rough guide.

High earthquake risk

The government's seismic model gives a 60% chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or stronger in the next 30 years (56% for the wider area). Check the building's earthquake standard (post-1981, ideally post-2000 for wooden houses) and consider earthquake insurance.

Official land prices are edging up

On the government's fixed benchmark sites, which are valued the same way every year, residential land prices changed +2% in the year to January 2026 and +23% over five years. Because these sites don't change, this is the cleanest measure of land value trends.

Little exposure to flooding

Very few of the official benchmark sites here fall in flood, tsunami or landslide zones, so most typical neighbourhoods are outside mapped hazard areas.

Living in Kariya City: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
152,807
-0.7% since 2020
Aichi: -1.2%
Net moves in 2025
-339
-2.22 per 1,000 residents
Aichi: -0.29
Vacant homes (2023)
10.6%
6.2% empty and not for rent or sale
Aichi: 11.8%
Median rent (2023)
¥58k
per month, all rented homes
Aichi: ¥55k
Strong earthquake risk
60.2%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Aichi: 56.0%
Official land price 2026
¥182k/m²
+2.4% in a year · +22.8% in 5 years
Aichi: ¥109k/m²
Flood exposure
2.8%
of 36 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (0.0% 3 m or deeper)
Aichi: 40.5%
Landslide exposure
0.0%
of 36 benchmark sites in a landslide warning area
Aichi: 0.4%

Check flood, landslide and tsunami zones for a specific address on the government hazard map ↗

Sources: 2025 Census (preliminary), 2025 Internal Migration Report, 2023 Housing and Land Survey (Statistics Bureau of Japan); J-SHIS seismic hazard model (NIED, 2024); Land Price Publication (MLIT). Earthquake probability is measured at the municipal center.

Example sales in Kariya City

Real transactions from the last four quarters, picked near the lower (20th percentile), middle and upper (80th percentile) price points. Locations are shown at district level, as published by MLIT.

Condo

Lower-priced2025 Q4

¥13.0M

¥186k/m²

  • Inabacho
  • Aizuma · 19 min walk
  • 3LDK · 70 m²
  • Built 1995 (30 yrs) · RC
Typical2025 Q3

¥19.0M

¥317k/m²

  • Aioicho
  • Kariya · 5 min walk
  • 3LDK · 60 m²
  • Built 1979 (46 yrs) · SRC
Higher-priced2026 Q2

¥32.0M

¥376k/m²

  • Saiwaicho
  • Kariya · 11 min walk
  • 4LDK · 85 m²
  • Built 2006 (20 yrs) · RC

House

Lower-priced2026 Q1

¥37.0M

¥352k/m²

  • Nodacho
  • Noda Shimmachi · 13 min walk
  • Land 120 m² · floor 105 m²
  • Built 2025 (1 yrs) · Wood
Typical2025 Q4

¥46.0M

¥484k/m²

  • Ondacho
  • Hitotsugi · 16 min walk
  • Land 110 m² · floor 95 m²
  • Built 2025 (0 yrs) · Wood
Higher-priced2026 Q1

¥58.0M

¥552k/m²

  • Ikedacho
  • Kariya · 24 min walk
  • Land 150 m² · floor 105 m²
  • Built 2026 (0 yrs) · Light steel
Median transaction price by year
¥0¥20.0M¥40.0M¥60.0M2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearCondoHouse
2007–¥41.0M
2008¥14.0M¥42.0M
2009¥22.0M¥42.0M
2010¥15.0M¥40.0M
2011¥14.0M¥40.0M
2012¥14.0M¥39.0M
2013¥14.5M¥39.5M
2014¥15.5M¥37.0M
2015¥14.0M¥39.0M
2016¥15.0M¥40.0M
2017¥16.0M¥41.5M
2018¥20.0M¥41.0M
2019¥19.0M¥43.0M
2020¥20.0M¥40.0M
2021¥25.0M¥42.0M
2022¥24.0M¥43.5M
2023¥17.0M¥45.0M
2024¥23.0M¥43.0M
2025¥19.5M¥46.0M
2026 (partial)–¥53.5M
Median price per m² by yearHouses carry a premium — A m² of house floor costs about 35% more than a condo here, which usually means land is scarce and houses are a premium product. That gap has widened over the decade as condo prices pulled ahead.
¥0¥200k¥400k¥600k2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearCondoHouseLand
2007–¥332k/m²¥140k/m²
2008¥200k/m²¥351k/m²¥140k/m²
2009¥293k/m²¥344k/m²¥140k/m²
2010¥181k/m²¥348k/m²¥140k/m²
2011¥186k/m²¥323k/m²¥140k/m²
2012¥200k/m²¥338k/m²¥140k/m²
2013¥200k/m²¥346k/m²¥130k/m²
2014¥213k/m²¥333k/m²¥140k/m²
2015¥205k/m²¥315k/m²¥140k/m²
2016¥214k/m²¥350k/m²¥140k/m²
2017¥230k/m²¥370k/m²¥150k/m²
2018¥270k/m²¥365k/m²¥155k/m²
2019¥240k/m²¥370k/m²¥150k/m²
2020¥283k/m²¥362k/m²¥155k/m²
2021¥310k/m²¥368k/m²¥160k/m²
2022¥307k/m²¥386k/m²¥150k/m²
2023¥250k/m²¥379k/m²¥150k/m²
2024¥300k/m²¥390k/m²¥165k/m²
2025¥297k/m²¥418k/m²¥160k/m²
2026 (partial)–¥388k/m²¥180k/m²
Price per m² by building age (2021–2025 sales)
¥0¥200k¥400k¥600k05101520253035404550
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Building age (years)CondoHouse
0–¥410k/m²
1–¥382k/m²
2–¥418k/m²
30¥215k/m²–
50–¥113k/m²
Condo price per m² by construction period
¥0¥200k¥400k¥600k20082010201220142016201820202022

Each line follows buildings from one construction period over time. 1981 is when Japan's current earthquake-resistance standard (shin-taishin) took effect.

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Year1981-20002001-2010
2008¥200k/m²–
2009¥188k/m²¥512k/m²
2010¥168k/m²–
2011¥169k/m²–
2012¥186k/m²–
2014¥171k/m²–
2015¥176k/m²–
2016¥186k/m²–
2017¥187k/m²–
2019¥214k/m²–
2020¥213k/m²–
2021¥229k/m²–
2022¥215k/m²–
2023¥222k/m²–
House price per m² by construction period
¥0¥200k¥400k¥600k20072009201120132015201720192021

Each line follows buildings from one construction period over time. 1981 is when Japan's current earthquake-resistance standard (shin-taishin) took effect.

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Year1981-20002001-20102011-2020
2007–¥360k/m²–
2008–¥421k/m²–
2009–¥400k/m²–
2010¥254k/m²¥374k/m²–
2011––¥357k/m²
2012––¥352k/m²
2013––¥358k/m²
2014––¥347k/m²
2015––¥356k/m²
2016––¥364k/m²
2017¥181k/m²–¥381k/m²
2018––¥374k/m²
2019––¥400k/m²
2020––¥371k/m²
2021––¥379k/m²

Prices near train stations in Kariya City

Sales from 2023–2025, grouped by nearest station.

StationMedian used condo priceCondo price per m²Median house price (land + building)Walk (min)Sales
Kariya (刈谷)¥21.0M¥305k/m²¥52.0M1473
Fujimatsu (富士松)––¥42.5M1561
Aizuma (逢妻)––¥48.0M1160
Hitotsugi (一ツ木)––¥43.5M1358
Kariyashi (刈谷市)¥24.0M¥309k/m²¥46.0M957
Higashi Kariya (東刈谷)¥21.0M¥300k/m²¥40.0M938
Noda Shimmachi (野田新町)––¥39.5M1637
Ogakie (小垣江)––¥44.0M1231
Shigehara (重原)–––812

Used condo prices by layout in Kariya City

Sales from 2023–2025.

LayoutMedian used condo priceTypical sizeSales
3LDK¥19.0M72.5 m²60
4LDK¥23.5M85 m²28

How much does an apartment cost in Kariya City?

The median used condo (mansion) in Kariya City sold for ¥19.5M in 2025, about ¥297k/m², based on 30 recorded sales.

How much does a house cost in Kariya City?

The median house sale, including the land, was ¥46.0M in 2025 across 116 sales.

Are property prices in Kariya City going up?

Over the five years to 2025, condo prices per m² changed +4.8% and residential land prices changed +3.2%.

About this data

Figures are medians of real transactions reported to Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) through its quarterly price survey. House prices per m² divide the total price (land and building) by the floor area. Medians based on fewer than 20 sales are not shown. The latest quarters are preliminary and are revised as more survey responses arrive.

Information only, not investment advice.