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Seki 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)
¥13.0M
Residential land per m² (sales)
¥23k/m²
+25.0% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
205
#11 of 20 areas in Gifu by price per m²

What the data says

Price growth is speeding up

House values per m² have risen about 3.6% a year over the past five years, faster than the 4.1% 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 Gifu

Per m², houses here are 7% below the Gifu average. The discount has shrunk from 26% ten years ago, so Seki City is catching up with its surroundings.

Station distance barely matters

Houses 11–15 minutes from a station sell for similar or higher prices than those near one, which usually means buyers here drive or value quiet residential streets.

What a typical purchase costs

Half of all house sales last year were between ¥4.4M and ¥30.0M. 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 (−4.4% for the wider area). More people moved out than in during 2025 (about 2.4 per 1,000 residents), which weakens long-term housing demand. Households still grew 0.5% as people live in smaller households, which supports demand for smaller homes even as the population shrinks.

Typical vacancy

16.9% of homes were empty in 2023 (16.1% for the wider area), and 7.4% 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 11% chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or stronger in the next 30 years (29% for the wider area). This is low by Japanese standards, although no part of Japan is free of earthquake risk.

Official land prices are still falling

On the government's fixed benchmark sites, which are valued the same way every year, residential land prices changed 0% in the year to January 2026 and -3% over five years. Because these sites don't change, this is the cleanest measure of land value trends.

Some flood or landslide exposure

Of the official land-price benchmark sites here, which sit in typical neighbourhoods, 89% are inside the worst-case flood zone. Most worst-case flood zones are shallow (under 0.5 m) at the edges, so depth matters as much as the share. Check the hazard map for any specific address before buying.

Living in Seki City: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
80,844
-5.2% since 2020
Gifu: -4.4%
Net moves in 2025
-197
-2.44 per 1,000 residents
Gifu: -2.39
Vacant homes (2023)
16.9%
7.4% empty and not for rent or sale
Gifu: 16.1%
Median rent (2023)
¥38k
per month, all rented homes
Gifu: ¥48k
Strong earthquake risk
10.5%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Gifu: 28.6%
Official land price 2026
¥39k/m²
-0.4% in a year · -3.0% in 5 years
Gifu: ¥39k/m²
Flood exposure
88.9%
of 9 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (0.0% 3 m or deeper)
Gifu: 62.5%
Landslide exposure
0.0%
of 9 benchmark sites in a landslide warning area
Gifu: 3.4%

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 Seki 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-priced2026 Q2

¥4.9M

¥49k/m²

  • Shimizucho
  • Sekiterasu Mae · 11 min walk
  • Land 280 m² · floor 100 m²
  • Built 1987 (39 yrs) · Wood
Typical2026 Q1

¥13.0M

¥48k/m²

  • Nishikamino
  • Matsumori
  • Land 660 m² · floor 270 m²
  • Built 2003 (23 yrs)
Higher-priced2026 Q1

¥32.0M

¥80k/m²

  • Oze
  • Seki(Gifu)
  • Land 930 m² · floor 400 m²
  • Built 1999 (27 yrs) · Wood
Median transaction price by yearA jump driven by what sold — The median house price rose 63% between 2023 and 2025. Per m², prices rose only 38%, so most of the jump comes from larger or higher-end properties changing hands, not from the same homes getting that much more expensive. With only 103 house sales in 2025, a handful of expensive deals can move the median a lot.
¥0¥10.0M¥20.0M¥30.0M20052008201120142017202020232026
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YearHouse
2005¥15.0M
2006¥18.0M
2007¥14.5M
2008¥22.0M
2009¥12.0M
2010¥11.0M
2011¥14.0M
2012¥17.5M
2013¥13.0M
2014¥13.0M
2015¥15.0M
2016¥14.0M
2017¥10.0M
2018¥7.5M
2019¥12.0M
2020¥11.0M
2021¥8.7M
2022¥11.0M
2023¥8.0M
2024¥10.0M
2025¥13.0M
2026 (partial)¥10.0M
Median price per m² by year
¥0¥50k¥100k¥150k¥200k20052008201120142017202020232026
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YearHouseLand
2005¥141k/m²¥29k/m²
2006¥125k/m²¥23k/m²
2007¥96k/m²¥30k/m²
2008¥152k/m²¥27k/m²
2009¥108k/m²¥34k/m²
2010¥76k/m²¥30k/m²
2011¥100k/m²¥30k/m²
2012¥111k/m²¥22k/m²
2013¥107k/m²¥24k/m²
2014¥80k/m²¥24k/m²
2015¥84k/m²¥21k/m²
2016¥72k/m²¥24k/m²
2017¥58k/m²¥24k/m²
2018¥64k/m²¥22k/m²
2019¥62k/m²¥22k/m²
2020¥71k/m²¥18k/m²
2021¥77k/m²¥23k/m²
2022¥67k/m²¥18k/m²
2023¥62k/m²¥22k/m²
2024¥73k/m²¥19k/m²
2025¥86k/m²¥23k/m²
2026 (partial)¥80k/m²¥22k/m²
Price per m² by building age (2021–2025 sales)
¥0¥100k¥200k¥300k05101520253035404550
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Building age (years)House
0¥236k/m²
34¥44k/m²
36¥82k/m²
42¥43k/m²
43¥28k/m²
45¥31k/m²
50¥33k/m²
House price per m² by construction period
¥0¥50k¥100k¥150k¥200k2006200820102012201420162018202020222024

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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Year1971-19801981-20002001-20102011-2020
2006–¥124k/m²––
2007–¥93k/m²––
2008–¥110k/m²¥200k/m²–
2009–¥91k/m²¥196k/m²–
2010–¥71k/m²¥185k/m²–
2011–¥77k/m²––
2012–––¥185k/m²
2013–¥67k/m²––
2014–¥53k/m²––
2015–¥80k/m²––
2016–¥56k/m²––
2017–¥70k/m²––
2021–¥81k/m²––
2022–¥64k/m²––
2023–¥50k/m²––
2024–¥60k/m²––
2025¥48k/m²¥64k/m²––

Prices near train stations in Seki City

Sales from 2023–2025, grouped by nearest station.

StationMedian used condo priceCondo price per m²Median house price (land + building)Walk (min)Sales
Seki(Gifu) (関(岐阜))––¥10.0M1573
Sekiguchi (関口)––¥17.0M1154
Sekiterasu Mae (せきてらす前)––¥9.8M847
Seki Tomioka (関富岡)––¥15.0M1337
Gifu (岐阜)––¥5.0M–19
Sekishimouchi (関下有知)––¥6.3M1413
Seki Shiyakusho Mae (関市役所前)––¥21.5M1412

How much does a house cost in Seki City?

The median house sale, including the land, was ¥13.0M in 2025 across 103 sales.

Are property prices in Seki City going up?

Over the five years to 2025, residential land prices changed +25.0%.

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.