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Maizuru 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)
¥14.0M
Residential land per m² (sales)
¥34k/m²
-17.1% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
109
#21 of 27 areas in Kyoto by price per m²

What the data says

A long, slow decline

House prices per m² have been falling for a decade, by about 4.6% a year recently. Prices are low, but resale values are likely to keep easing, so buy here to live, not as an investment.

Lagging Kyoto

Per m², houses here are 63% below the Kyoto average. Ten years ago the gap was 52%, so Maizuru City has been falling behind the rest of Kyoto.

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.

Sales are thinning out

Transactions are down about 25% 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 ¥3.0M and ¥29.0M. Listings outside that range are either unusual properties or worth a closer look.

A shrinking population

The population fell 9% between 2020 and 2025 (−2.9% for the wider area). More people moved out than in during 2025 (about 11.3 per 1,000 residents), which weakens long-term housing demand.

Many abandoned homes

23% of homes were empty in 2023 (13.2% for the wider area), and 10.7% were empty without being for rent, for sale or used as second homes. That is a high share of truly abandoned homes (akiya), a sign of weak demand. Cheap houses are easy to find, but resale can be slow.

Lower earthquake risk

The government's seismic model gives a 1% chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or stronger in the next 30 years (22% 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 -1% in the year to January 2026 and -4% 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, 68% are inside the worst-case flood zone (5% with expected depths of 3 m or more), 9% are in a landslide warning area. 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 Maizuru City: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
73,091
-9.0% since 2020
Kyoto: -2.9%
Net moves in 2025
-828
-11.33 per 1,000 residents
Kyoto: -1.5
Vacant homes (2023)
23.0%
10.7% empty and not for rent or sale
Kyoto: 13.2%
Median rent (2023)
¥45k
per month, all rented homes
Kyoto: ¥56k
Strong earthquake risk
1.0%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Kyoto: 21.7%
Official land price 2026
¥44k/m²
-1.0% in a year · -4.0% in 5 years
Kyoto: ¥136k/m²
Flood exposure
68.2%
of 22 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (4.5% 3 m or deeper)
Kyoto: 49.6%
Tsunami exposure
4.5%
of 22 benchmark sites in a tsunami inundation zone
Kyoto: 0.2%
Landslide exposure
9.1%
of 22 benchmark sites in a landslide warning area
Kyoto: 2.5%

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 Maizuru 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 Q1

¥3.0M

¥30k/m²

  • Shirahamadai
  • Higashi Maizuru
  • Land 250 m² · floor 100 m²
  • Built 1979 (47 yrs) · Wood
Typical2026 Q2

¥8.8M

¥63k/m²

  • Aza Hama
  • Higashi Maizuru · 9 min walk
  • Land 150 m² · floor 140 m²
  • Built 1978 (48 yrs) · Steel
Higher-priced2025 Q3

¥29.0M

¥19k/m²

  • Fukiton-yamachi
  • Nishi Maizuru · 29 min walk
  • Land 1200 m² · floor 1500 m²
  • Built 1988 (37 yrs) · Steel
Median transaction price by yearA sharp recent rise — The median house price rose 70% between 2023 and 2025. Prices per m² rose 60% too, so this is a genuine like-for-like increase, not just bigger homes selling. With only 65 house sales in 2025, a handful of expensive deals can move the median a lot.2026 so far: treat with caution — The 2026 figure (shaded) is 38% below 2025, but it covers only part of the year and 30 house sales so far. Early-year numbers are often revised and are easily skewed by a few large deals.
¥0¥10.0M¥20.0M¥30.0M2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouse
2007¥23.5M
2008¥22.0M
2009¥16.5M
2010¥20.0M
2011¥9.8M
2012¥16.5M
2013¥16.5M
2014¥15.0M
2015¥15.0M
2016¥14.5M
2017¥14.0M
2018¥12.0M
2019¥19.0M
2020¥9.0M
2021¥11.0M
2022¥5.0M
2023¥8.3M
2024¥11.0M
2025¥14.0M
2026 (partial)¥8.7M
Median price per m² by year
¥0¥50k¥100k¥150k¥200k2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouseLand
2007¥125k/m²¥60k/m²
2008¥158k/m²¥57k/m²
2009¥104k/m²¥55k/m²
2010¥144k/m²¥43k/m²
2011¥68k/m²¥48k/m²
2012¥109k/m²¥46k/m²
2013¥92k/m²¥46k/m²
2014¥103k/m²¥54k/m²
2015¥114k/m²¥53k/m²
2016¥100k/m²¥47k/m²
2017¥90k/m²¥52k/m²
2018¥77k/m²¥44k/m²
2019¥136k/m²¥44k/m²
2020¥70k/m²¥41k/m²
2021¥81k/m²¥48k/m²
2022¥41k/m²¥42k/m²
2023¥57k/m²¥38k/m²
2024¥73k/m²¥45k/m²
2025¥90k/m²¥34k/m²
2026 (partial)¥66k/m²–
Price per m² by building age (2021–2025 sales)
¥0¥100k¥200k¥300k¥400k05101520253035404550
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Building age (years)House
0¥330k/m²
27¥67k/m²
49¥13k/m²
50¥29k/m²
House price per m² by construction period
¥0¥100k¥200k¥300k20102012201420162018202020222024

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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Year1971-19801981-20002011-2020
2010–¥115k/m²–
2015–¥89k/m²¥273k/m²
2020¥44k/m²––
2021¥62k/m²––
2022–¥44k/m²–
2024–¥63k/m²–

Prices near train stations in Maizuru City

Sales from 2023–2025, grouped by nearest station.

StationMedian used condo priceCondo price per m²Median house price (land + building)Walk (min)Sales
Higashi Maizuru (東舞鶴)––¥14.0M17109
Nishi Maizuru (西舞鶴)––¥9.0M18100

How much does a house cost in Maizuru City?

The median house sale, including the land, was ¥14.0M in 2025 across 65 sales.

Are property prices in Maizuru City going up?

Over the five years to 2025, residential land prices changed -17.1%.

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.