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Kasumigaura 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)
¥14.5M
Residential land per m² (sales)
¥3k/m²
-53.7% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
83
#12 of 32 areas in Ibaraki by price per m²

What the data says

Outperforming Ibaraki

Per m², houses here are priced close to the Ibaraki average. The discount has shrunk from 37% ten years ago, so Kasumigaura City is catching up with its surroundings.

Sales are thinning out

Transactions are down about 18% 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 ¥5.4M and ¥19.8M. Listings outside that range are either unusual properties or worth a closer look.

A shrinking population

The population fell 4.2% between 2020 and 2025 (−2.6% for the wider area). Moves in and out roughly balanced in 2025. Households still grew 4.4% as people live in smaller households, which supports demand for smaller homes even as the population shrinks.

Typical vacancy

13.4% of homes were empty in 2023 (14.1% for the wider area), and 6.7% were empty without being for rent, for sale or used as second homes. The level of abandoned homes is around the national norm.

Moderate earthquake risk

The government's seismic model gives a 47% chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or stronger in the next 30 years (56% for the wider area). Post-1981 buildings are designed for this level of shaking, but check ground conditions and 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 +0% in the year to January 2026 and 0% over five years. They are still 46% below their 1991 bubble-era level. 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 Kasumigaura City: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
38,413
-4.2% since 2020
Ibaraki: -2.6%
Net moves in 2025
-63
-1.64 per 1,000 residents
Ibaraki: -2.14
Vacant homes (2023)
13.4%
6.7% empty and not for rent or sale
Ibaraki: 14.1%
Median rent (2023)
¥50k
per month, all rented homes
Ibaraki: ¥50k
Strong earthquake risk
47.1%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Ibaraki: 56.2%
Official land price 2026
¥20k/m²
+0.2% in a year · -0.3% in 5 years
Ibaraki: ¥27k/m²
Flood exposure
0.0%
of 11 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (0.0% 3 m or deeper)
Ibaraki: 26.5%
Landslide exposure
0.0%
of 11 benchmark sites in a landslide warning area
Ibaraki: 0.3%

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 Kasumigaura 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 Q3

¥1.3M

¥19k/m²

  • Inayoshiminami
  • Kandatsu · 13 min walk
  • Land 260 m² · floor 70 m²
  • Built 1974 (51 yrs) · Wood
Typical2025 Q3

¥8.0M

¥18k/m²

  • Kashiwazaki
  • Kandatsu
  • Land 440 m² · floor 440 m²
  • Built 1978 (47 yrs) · Wood
Higher-priced2025 Q4

¥19.0M

¥86k/m²

  • Shimoinayoshi
  • Kandatsu
  • Land 340 m² · floor 220 m²
  • Built 1985 (40 yrs) · Light steel
Median transaction price by year
¥0¥5.0M¥10.0M¥15.0M¥20.0M2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouse
2007–
2008¥9.5M
2009¥8.4M
2010–
2011¥10.0M
2012¥5.0M
2013¥7.6M
2014¥9.2M
2015¥8.1M
2016¥12.0M
2017¥18.0M
2018¥10.5M
2019–
2020¥13.5M
2021¥16.0M
2022¥19.0M
2023¥18.0M
2024¥16.5M
2025¥14.5M
Median price per m² by year
¥0¥50k¥100k¥150k¥200k2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouseLand
2007–¥8k/m²
2008¥97k/m²¥9k/m²
2009¥75k/m²¥16k/m²
2010–¥17k/m²
2011¥85k/m²¥8k/m²
2012¥77k/m²¥15k/m²
2013¥60k/m²¥7k/m²
2014¥80k/m²¥17k/m²
2015¥68k/m²¥24k/m²
2016¥89k/m²¥9k/m²
2017¥161k/m²¥6k/m²
2018¥67k/m²¥2k/m²
2019–¥2k/m²
2020¥84k/m²¥5k/m²
2021¥160k/m²¥2k/m²
2022¥132k/m²¥2k/m²
2023¥123k/m²¥9k/m²
2024¥97k/m²¥2k/m²
2025¥105k/m²¥3k/m²
Price per m² by building age (2021–2025 sales)
¥0¥100k¥200k¥300k05101520253035404550
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Building age (years)House
0¥214k/m²
50¥30k/m²

Prices near train stations in Kasumigaura City

Sales from 2023–2025, grouped by nearest station.

StationMedian used condo priceCondo price per m²Median house price (land + building)Walk (min)Sales
Kandatsu (神立)––¥17.0M1887

How much does a house cost in Kasumigaura City?

The median house sale, including the land, was ¥14.5M in 2025 across 30 sales.

Are property prices in Kasumigaura City going up?

Over the five years to 2025, residential land prices changed -53.7%.

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.