Oarai coast, Ibaraki
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Tsukubamirai 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)
¥16k/m²
-55.6% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
105
#6 of 32 areas in Ibaraki by price per m²

What the data says

A long, slow decline

House prices per m² have been falling for a decade, by about 4.5% a year recently. Prices are low, but resale values are likely to keep easing, so buy here to live, not as an investment.

Lagging Ibaraki

Per m², houses here are 52% above the Ibaraki average. The premium was 92% ten years ago, so the rest of Ibaraki has been catching up.

Sales are thinning out

Transactions are down about 43% 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 ¥8.5M and ¥32.0M. Listings outside that range are either unusual properties or worth a closer look.

A growing population

The population grew 4.4% between 2020 and 2025 (−2.6% for the wider area). More people moved in than out in 2025, a net gain of about 4.6 per 1,000 residents, so demand for homes is being topped up by newcomers.

Typical vacancy

6.9% of homes were empty in 2023 (14.1% for the wider area), and 5% were empty without being for rent, for sale or used as second homes. The level of abandoned homes is around the national norm.

High earthquake risk

The government's seismic model gives a 90% 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 +3% in the year to January 2026 and +6% 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, 36% 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 Tsukubamirai City: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
52,070
+4.4% since 2020
Ibaraki: -2.6%
Net moves in 2025
+238
+4.57 per 1,000 residents
Ibaraki: -2.14
Vacant homes (2023)
6.9%
5.0% empty and not for rent or sale
Ibaraki: 14.1%
Median rent (2023)
¥63k
per month, all rented homes
Ibaraki: ¥50k
Strong earthquake risk
90.3%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Ibaraki: 56.2%
Official land price 2026
¥30k/m²
+2.9% in a year · +6.1% in 5 years
Ibaraki: ¥27k/m²
Flood exposure
35.7%
of 14 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (0.0% 3 m or deeper)
Ibaraki: 26.5%
Landslide exposure
0.0%
of 14 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 Tsukubamirai 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

¥5.0M

¥45k/m²

  • Yaita
  • Moriya
  • Land 165 m² · floor 110 m²
  • Built 1984 (41 yrs) · Wood
Typical2025 Q4

¥22.0M

¥338k/m²

  • Inahigashi
  • Miraidaira
  • Land 200 m² · floor 65 m²
  • Built 2026 (0 yrs)
Higher-priced2026 Q1

¥39.0M

¥279k/m²

  • Itabashi
  • Miraidaira
  • Land 770 m² · floor 140 m²
  • Built 2019 (7 yrs) · Wood
Median transaction price by year
¥0¥20.0M¥40.0M¥60.0M2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearCondoHouse
2007–¥14.0M
2008–¥17.0M
2009–¥9.9M
2010–¥7.0M
2011–¥23.0M
2012–¥8.5M
2013–¥21.0M
2014–¥24.5M
2015–¥27.0M
2016–¥26.0M
2017–¥23.0M
2018–¥21.5M
2019–¥23.0M
2020¥24.0M¥28.0M
2021¥23.5M¥32.0M
2022¥26.5M¥40.5M
2023–¥30.0M
2024–¥16.5M
2025–¥20.0M
Median price per m² by year
¥0¥100k¥200k¥300k¥400k2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearCondoHouseLand
2007–¥144k/m²¥43k/m²
2008–¥139k/m²¥32k/m²
2009–¥88k/m²¥38k/m²
2010–¥74k/m²¥37k/m²
2011–¥96k/m²¥28k/m²
2012–¥88k/m²¥44k/m²
2013–¥117k/m²¥45k/m²
2014–¥230k/m²¥50k/m²
2015–¥223k/m²¥52k/m²
2016–¥233k/m²¥30k/m²
2017–¥210k/m²¥47k/m²
2018–¥162k/m²¥49k/m²
2019–¥156k/m²¥39k/m²
2020¥317k/m²¥243k/m²¥36k/m²
2021¥331k/m²¥282k/m²¥42k/m²
2022¥387k/m²¥336k/m²¥33k/m²
2023–¥163k/m²¥26k/m²
2024–¥120k/m²¥15k/m²
2025–¥197k/m²¥16k/m²
Price per m² by building age (2021–2025 sales)
¥0¥200k¥400k¥600k05101520253035404550
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Building age (years)CondoHouse
0–¥364k/m²
7¥408k/m²–
42–¥40k/m²
45–¥47k/m²
50–¥59k/m²
House price per m² by construction period
¥0¥100k¥200k¥300k2008201020122014201620182020

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
2008–¥240k/m²–
2014––¥271k/m²
2015––¥262k/m²
2016––¥248k/m²
2017––¥285k/m²
2018¥75k/m²–¥249k/m²
2019––¥276k/m²
2020––¥287k/m²

Prices near train stations in Tsukubamirai City

Sales from 2023–2025, grouped by nearest station.

StationMedian used condo priceCondo price per m²Median house price (land + building)Walk (min)Sales
Miraidaira (みらい平)¥28.0M¥414k/m²¥31.0M9113
Moriya (守谷)––¥8.5M–43
Kokinu (小絹)––¥19.0M1537

Used condo prices by layout in Tsukubamirai City

Sales from 2023–2025.

LayoutMedian used condo priceTypical sizeSales
3LDK¥28.0M70 m²18

How much does a house cost in Tsukubamirai City?

The median house sale, including the land, was ¥20.0M in 2025 across 53 sales.

Are property prices in Tsukubamirai City going up?

Over the five years to 2025, residential land prices changed -55.6%.

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.