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Sakae Ward, Yokohama 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
¥26.0M
¥375k/m²
Median house price (land + building)
¥45.0M
Residential land per m² (sales)
¥150k/m²
+7.1% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
192
#27 of 51 areas in Kanagawa by price per m²

What the data says

Price growth is speeding up

Condo values per m² have risen about 4.7% a year over the past five years, faster than the 3.3% 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.

Lagging Kanagawa

Per m², condos here are 31% below the Kanagawa average. Ten years ago the gap was 1%, so Sakae Ward, Yokohama City has been falling behind the rest of Kanagawa.

Being near a station is worth a lot

Condos within a 5-minute walk of a station sell for about 47% more per m² than those 11–15 minutes away. If budget is tight, a longer walk is the quickest way to cut the price.

A family market

81% 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 19% 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 ¥15.5M and ¥60.0M. Listings outside that range are either unusual properties or worth a closer look.

A shrinking population

The population fell 0.9% between 2020 and 2025 (−0.5% for the wider area). Moves in and out roughly balanced in 2025. Households still grew 1.3% as people live in smaller households, which supports demand for smaller homes even as the population shrinks.

Few abandoned homes

9% of homes were empty in 2023 (9.8% for the wider area), and 2.3% were empty without being for rent, for sale or used as second homes. Most empty homes here are rentals between tenants, not abandoned houses, a sign of a healthy market.

Buying vs renting

A median used condo costs about 31.8 years of the area's median rent (¥68k a month), compared with 34.7 years for the wider area. Prices are high relative to rents, so rental yields are thin and buyers are paying for expected growth. Rents here cover all rented homes, so treat this as a rough guide.

High earthquake risk

The government's seismic model gives a 57% 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 +10% over five years. They are still 44% below their 1991 bubble-era level. 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, 17% are inside the worst-case flood zone (8% with expected depths of 3 m or more). 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 Sakae Ward, Yokohama City: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
119,144
-0.9% since 2020
Kanagawa: -0.5%
Net moves in 2025
+96
+0.81 per 1,000 residents
Kanagawa: +3.05
Vacant homes (2023)
9.0%
2.3% empty and not for rent or sale
Kanagawa: 9.8%
Median rent (2023)
¥68k
per month, all rented homes
Kanagawa: ¥70k
Strong earthquake risk
57.3%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Kanagawa: 56.2%
Official land price 2026
¥164k/m²
+2.8% in a year · +9.8% in 5 years
Kanagawa: ¥198k/m²
Flood exposure
16.7%
of 24 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (8.3% 3 m or deeper)
Kanagawa: 25.9%
Landslide exposure
0.0%
of 24 benchmark sites in a landslide warning area
Kanagawa: 2.4%

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 Sakae Ward, Yokohama 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-priced2026 Q1

¥16.0M

¥291k/m²

  • Iijimacho
  • Totsuka
  • 2LDK · 55 m²
  • Built 1999 (27 yrs) · RC
Typical2026 Q1

¥33.0M

¥367k/m²

  • Kasama
  • Ofuna · 14 min walk
  • 4LDK · 90 m²
  • Built 2004 (22 yrs) · RC
Higher-priced2025 Q4

¥65.0M

¥684k/m²

  • Kasama
  • Ofuna · 9 min walk
  • 4LDK · 95 m²
  • Built 2004 (21 yrs) · RC

House

Lower-priced2026 Q1

¥26.0M

¥325k/m²

  • Iijimacho
  • Hongodai · 26 min walk
  • Land 115 m² · floor 80 m²
  • Built 1991 (35 yrs) · Wood
Typical2026 Q1

¥45.0M

¥409k/m²

  • Kudencho
  • Ofuna
  • Land 180 m² · floor 110 m²
  • Built 2026 (0 yrs) · Wood
Higher-priced2026 Q2

¥55.0M

¥611k/m²

  • Kasama
  • Ofuna · 13 min walk
  • Land 65 m² · floor 90 m²
  • Built 2026 (0 yrs) · Wood
Median transaction price by year
¥0¥20.0M¥40.0M¥60.0M20052008201120142017202020232026
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YearCondoHouse
2005¥21.0M¥38.0M
2006¥19.0M¥37.0M
2007¥21.0M¥39.0M
2008¥23.0M¥39.0M
2009¥20.5M¥35.0M
2010¥22.5M¥37.0M
2011¥22.5M¥36.0M
2012¥28.0M¥37.0M
2013¥22.0M¥33.0M
2014¥25.0M¥33.0M
2015¥25.0M¥34.0M
2016¥18.0M¥35.5M
2017¥26.0M¥36.5M
2018¥22.0M¥33.0M
2019¥23.0M¥35.0M
2020¥19.5M¥36.0M
2021¥23.0M¥38.5M
2022¥28.0M¥43.0M
2023¥28.5M¥43.5M
2024¥26.5M¥41.0M
2025¥26.0M¥45.0M
2026 (partial)¥25.0M¥42.0M
Median price per m² by yearHouses carry a premium — A m² of house floor costs about 8% more than a condo here, which usually means land is scarce and houses are a premium product. That gap has narrowed over the decade as house prices caught up.
¥0¥200k¥400k¥600k20052008201120142017202020232026
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YearCondoHouseLand
2005¥293k/m²¥378k/m²¥170k/m²
2006¥274k/m²¥364k/m²¥165k/m²
2007¥300k/m²¥381k/m²¥170k/m²
2008¥341k/m²¥390k/m²¥150k/m²
2009¥304k/m²¥344k/m²¥150k/m²
2010¥322k/m²¥350k/m²¥160k/m²
2011¥340k/m²¥357k/m²¥150k/m²
2012¥386k/m²¥369k/m²¥150k/m²
2013¥300k/m²¥333k/m²¥140k/m²
2014¥369k/m²¥308k/m²¥130k/m²
2015¥360k/m²¥300k/m²¥140k/m²
2016¥283k/m²¥336k/m²¥130k/m²
2017¥360k/m²¥355k/m²¥130k/m²
2018¥317k/m²¥310k/m²¥130k/m²
2019¥329k/m²¥322k/m²¥150k/m²
2020¥288k/m²¥344k/m²¥140k/m²
2021¥326k/m²¥369k/m²¥140k/m²
2022¥415k/m²¥375k/m²¥155k/m²
2023¥393k/m²¥400k/m²¥170k/m²
2024¥400k/m²¥389k/m²¥165k/m²
2025¥375k/m²¥448k/m²¥150k/m²
2026 (partial)¥420k/m²¥409k/m²–
Price per m² by building age (2021–2025 sales)
¥0¥200k¥400k¥600k¥800k05101520253035404550
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Building age (years)CondoHouse
0–¥479k/m²
1–¥463k/m²
13¥386k/m²–
17¥579k/m²–
18¥557k/m²–
19¥631k/m²–
20¥612k/m²–
21¥675k/m²–
29–¥304k/m²
33–¥196k/m²
38¥284k/m²–
40¥304k/m²–
42¥282k/m²–
44–¥243k/m²
45–¥213k/m²
47–¥174k/m²
48¥133k/m²–
50¥167k/m²¥236k/m²
Condo price per m² by construction period
¥0¥200k¥400k¥600k¥800k2006200820102012201420162018202020222024

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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Year1971-19801981-20002001-2010
2006––¥301k/m²
2007–¥262k/m²¥500k/m²
2008–¥277k/m²¥533k/m²
2009–¥257k/m²–
2010––¥518k/m²
2011–¥319k/m²¥447k/m²
2012–¥354k/m²¥388k/m²
2013–¥259k/m²¥456k/m²
2014–¥286k/m²¥530k/m²
2015––¥526k/m²
2016–¥260k/m²¥541k/m²
2017––¥475k/m²
2018–¥323k/m²¥337k/m²
2019–¥310k/m²¥493k/m²
2020¥182k/m²¥300k/m²¥443k/m²
2021¥229k/m²¥292k/m²¥538k/m²
2022–¥366k/m²¥551k/m²
2023–¥326k/m²¥588k/m²
2024–¥382k/m²¥589k/m²
2025––¥710k/m²
House price per m² by construction period
¥0¥200k¥400k¥600k2005200720092011201320152017201920212023

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
2005––¥411k/m²–
2006¥300k/m²¥352k/m²¥400k/m²–
2007¥344k/m²¥326k/m²¥420k/m²–
2008¥329k/m²¥338k/m²¥416k/m²–
2009¥314k/m²¥267k/m²¥374k/m²–
2010¥290k/m²¥292k/m²¥410k/m²–
2011¥289k/m²¥259k/m²–¥412k/m²
2012–––¥421k/m²
2013¥290k/m²¥260k/m²–¥379k/m²
2014¥257k/m²––¥370k/m²
2015¥243k/m²¥240k/m²–¥386k/m²
2016¥200k/m²¥267k/m²–¥400k/m²
2017¥219k/m²¥287k/m²–¥390k/m²
2018¥262k/m²¥209k/m²–¥380k/m²
2019¥191k/m²¥226k/m²–¥400k/m²
2020–¥230k/m²–¥400k/m²
2021¥214k/m²¥236k/m²––
2022–¥320k/m²––
2023–¥276k/m²––
2024–¥265k/m²––

Prices near train stations in Sakae Ward, Yokohama City

Sales from 2023–2025, grouped by nearest station.

StationMedian used condo priceCondo price per m²Median house price (land + building)Walk (min)Sales
Hongodai (本郷台)¥24.0M¥369k/m²¥45.0M15197
Konandai (港南台)¥13.5M¥206k/m²¥38.0M18133
Ofuna (大船)¥51.0M¥612k/m²¥45.5M11108
Totsuka (戸塚)¥23.5M¥339k/m²–620

Used condo prices by layout in Sakae Ward, Yokohama City

Sales from 2023–2025.

LayoutMedian used condo priceTypical sizeSales
3LDK¥30.0M70 m²120
2LDK¥15.0M55 m²29
4LDK¥39.0M97.5 m²20

How much does an apartment cost in Sakae Ward, Yokohama City?

The median used condo (mansion) in Sakae Ward, Yokohama City sold for ¥26.0M in 2025, about ¥375k/m², based on 63 recorded sales.

How much does a house cost in Sakae Ward, Yokohama City?

The median house sale, including the land, was ¥45.0M in 2025 across 80 sales.

Are property prices in Sakae Ward, Yokohama City going up?

Over the five years to 2025, condo prices per m² changed +30.1% and residential land prices changed +7.1%.

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.