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Misawa City Housing Market Report 2025

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

Key figures for 2025

Median house price (land + building)
¥20.0M
Residential land per m² (sales)
¥24k/m²
+33.3% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
86
#1 of 9 areas in Aomori by price per m²

What the data says

Price growth is speeding up

House values per m² have risen about 10.3% a year over the past five years, faster than the 1.4% a year of the five years before. Buyers waiting for a dip have so far been paying more each year, and that has not yet changed.

Outperforming Aomori

Per m², houses here are 90% above the Aomori average. The premium has grown from 14% ten years ago, so Misawa City has been outperforming its surroundings.

Sales are thinning out

Transactions are down about 15% 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 house sales last year were between ¥8.0M and ¥29.0M. Listings outside that range are either unusual properties or worth a closer look.

A shrinking population

The population fell 5.2% between 2020 and 2025 (−7.9% for the wider area). Moves in and out roughly balanced in 2025. Households still grew 2.6% as people live in smaller households, which supports demand for smaller homes even as the population shrinks.

Typical vacancy

18.1% of homes were empty in 2023 (16.7% for the wider area), and 7.3% were empty without being for rent, for sale or used as second homes. The level of abandoned homes is around the national norm.

Lower earthquake risk

The government's seismic model gives a 20% chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or stronger in the next 30 years (11% for the wider area). This is low by Japanese standards, although no part of Japan is free of earthquake risk.

Living in Misawa City: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
37,121
-5.2% since 2020
Aomori: -7.9%
Net moves in 2025
+1
+0.03 per 1,000 residents
Aomori: -3.98
Vacant homes (2023)
18.1%
7.3% empty and not for rent or sale
Aomori: 16.7%
Median rent (2023)
¥42k
per month, all rented homes
Aomori: ¥42k
Strong earthquake risk
19.5%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Aomori: 11.1%
Official land price 2026
¥31k/m²
0.0% in a year · – in 5 years
Aomori: ¥20k/m²
Flood exposure
0.0%
of 4 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (0.0% 3 m or deeper)
Aomori: 46.3%
Landslide exposure
0.0%
of 4 benchmark sites in a landslide warning area
Aomori: 0.8%

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 Misawa 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.

House

Lower-priced2025 Q4

¥8.0M

¥59k/m²

  • Midoricho
  • Misawa(Aomori)
  • Land 200 m² · floor 135 m²
  • Built 1995 (30 yrs) · Wood
Typical2025 Q4

¥12.0M

¥104k/m²

  • Higashiokamisawa
  • Misawa(Aomori)
  • Land 690 m² · floor 115 m²
  • Built 1974 (51 yrs) · Wood
Higher-priced2026 Q2

¥30.0M

¥261k/m²

  • Minohara
  • Misawa(Aomori)
  • Land 1400 m² · floor 115 m²
  • Built 2005 (21 yrs) · Wood
Median transaction price by yearA sharp recent rise — The median house price rose 43% between 2023 and 2025. Prices per m² rose 170% too, so this is a genuine like-for-like increase, not just bigger homes selling. With only 29 house sales in 2025, a handful of expensive deals can move the median a lot.
¥0¥5.0M¥10.0M¥15.0M¥20.0M2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouse
2007¥10.0M
2008¥13.0M
2009¥14.0M
2010¥15.0M
2011¥7.4M
2012¥13.0M
2013¥15.0M
2014¥9.5M
2015¥12.0M
2016¥14.0M
2017¥15.0M
2018¥13.0M
2019¥12.0M
2020¥11.0M
2021¥15.0M
2022¥17.5M
2023¥14.0M
2024¥8.0M
2025¥20.0M
Median price per m² by year
¥0¥100k¥200k¥300k2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouseLand
2007¥71k/m²¥19k/m²
2008¥76k/m²¥13k/m²
2009¥82k/m²¥16k/m²
2010¥119k/m²¥19k/m²
2011¥65k/m²¥14k/m²
2012¥82k/m²¥18k/m²
2013¥77k/m²¥13k/m²
2014¥79k/m²¥17k/m²
2015¥69k/m²¥16k/m²
2016¥83k/m²¥18k/m²
2017¥97k/m²¥18k/m²
2018¥93k/m²¥20k/m²
2019¥74k/m²¥21k/m²
2020¥85k/m²¥18k/m²
2021¥99k/m²¥19k/m²
2022¥88k/m²¥20k/m²
2023¥76k/m²¥27k/m²
2024¥53k/m²¥21k/m²
2025¥206k/m²¥24k/m²
Price per m² by building age (2021–2025 sales)
¥0¥100k¥200k¥300k05101520253035404550
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Building age (years)House
0¥296k/m²
1¥235k/m²
50¥38k/m²

Prices near train stations in Misawa City

Sales from 2023–2025, grouped by nearest station.

StationMedian used condo priceCondo price per m²Median house price (land + building)Walk (min)Sales
Misawa(Aomori) (三沢(青森))––¥12.0M21108

How much does a house cost in Misawa City?

The median house sale, including the land, was ¥20.0M in 2025 across 29 sales.

Are property prices in Misawa City going up?

Over the five years to 2025, residential land prices changed +33.3%.

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.