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Omiya Ward (Saitama) Housing Market 2025: The Shinkansen Hub Is Accelerating

Data updated 2026-11-10 · Source: MLIT transaction price survey, 2005 Q3–2026 Q2

Key figures for 2025

Median used condo price
¥35.0M
¥750k/m²
Median house price (land + building)
¥55.0M
Residential land per m² (sales)
¥330k/m²
+3.1% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
301
#2 of 61 areas in Saitama by price per m²

Prices rising fast

Omiya is the transport hub of Saitama, where six Shinkansen lines meet. Condo prices per m² rose about 8.6% a year over the past five years, after almost no growth in the five years before. Condos cost about ¥0.75M per m², about 1.8 times the Saitama average and second only to Urawa among Saitama City's 10 wards.

The fastest-growing ward in Saitama City

Population grew 6.4% between 2020 and 2025, the most of Saitama City's wards, and households grew 17%. In 2025 it had a net inflow from the rest of Japan of about 9 per 1,000 residents.

Family condos

The most traded home is a 65 m² 3LDK at about ¥44M, and almost 60% of condo sales are family-sized. The median condo sold for about ¥35M in 2025, down from ¥39.5M, because of the mix of homes sold. Saitama-Shintoshin, with its newer towers, sells at about ¥0.91M per m², more than central Omiya (¥0.66M).

Station distance

Condos within 5 minutes of a station sell for about 47% more per m² than those 11–15 minutes away. Condos also lose value quickly after about 20 years.

Empty homes and yields

Omiya has the highest vacancy rate of Saitama City's wards, about 12%, and about 9% of homes are long-term empty. A median condo costs about 40 years of median rent, above the Saitama average of 34.

Low flood risk, renewal under way

Only about 9% of benchmark sites are in a flood zone, all shallow. Two Urgent Urban Renewal Areas, around Omiya Station and Saitama-Shintoshin, are in the ward.

Living in Omiya Ward, Saitama City: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
125,310
+6.4% since 2020
Saitama: -0.8%
Net moves in 2025
+1,137
+9.07 per 1,000 residents
Saitama: +3.08
Vacant homes (2023)
12.5%
8.7% empty and not for rent or sale
Saitama: 9.3%
Median rent (2023)
¥74k
per month, all rented homes
Saitama: ¥62k
Strong earthquake risk
45.3%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Saitama: 52.1%
Official land price 2026
¥303k/m²
+3.6% in a year · +16.8% in 5 years
Saitama: ¥122k/m²
Flood exposure
9.1%
of 33 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (0.0% 3 m or deeper)
Saitama: 45.4%
Landslide exposure
0.0%
of 33 benchmark sites in a landslide warning area
Saitama: 0.2%

Urban renewal zones

Areas designated by the national government for priority redevelopment, with relaxed planning rules and financial support for large projects.

  • Omiya Station area · 130 ha · designated 2017
  • Saitama-Shintoshin Station area · 47 ha · designated 2003

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 Omiya Ward, Saitama 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

¥21.0M

¥350k/m²

  • Horinouchicho
  • Omiya(Saitama) · 23 min walk
  • 3LDK · 60 m²
  • Built 1983 (43 yrs) · SRC
Typical2026 Q1

¥40.0M

¥1.3M/m²

  • Nakacho
  • Omiya(Saitama) · 8 min walk
  • 1LDK · 30 m²
  • Built 2025 (1 yrs) · RC
Higher-priced2026 Q1

¥77.0M

¥1.2M/m²

  • Sakuragicho
  • Omiya(Saitama) · 8 min walk
  • 3LDK · 65 m²
  • Built 2004 (22 yrs) · RC

House

Lower-priced2025 Q3

¥33.0M

¥367k/m²

  • Mihashi
  • Omiya(Saitama) · 29 min walk
  • Land 65 m² · floor 90 m²
  • Built 2025 (0 yrs) · Wood
Typical2025 Q4

¥54.0M

¥540k/m²

  • Kushihikicho
  • Omiya(Saitama) · 18 min walk
  • Land 70 m² · floor 100 m²
  • Built 2025 (0 yrs) · Wood
Higher-priced2025 Q3

¥80.0M

¥552k/m²

  • Onaricho
  • Omiya(Saitama) · 16 min walk
  • Land 260 m² · floor 145 m²
  • Built 1996 (29 yrs) · Light steel
Median transaction price by year
¥0¥20.0M¥40.0M¥60.0M20052008201120142017202020232026
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YearCondoHouse
2005–¥42.5M
2006¥20.0M¥48.5M
2007¥17.0M¥48.0M
2008¥18.5M¥41.0M
2009¥15.0M¥40.0M
2010¥21.5M¥38.0M
2011¥21.0M¥42.0M
2012¥20.0M¥34.0M
2013¥20.0M¥39.0M
2014¥21.0M¥41.0M
2015¥25.0M¥39.0M
2016¥30.0M¥43.0M
2017¥30.5M¥42.0M
2018¥23.0M¥42.0M
2019¥30.5M¥43.5M
2020¥24.0M¥43.0M
2021¥30.0M¥45.0M
2022¥34.0M¥50.5M
2023¥37.5M¥53.0M
2024¥39.5M¥53.0M
2025¥35.0M¥55.0M
2026 (partial)¥39.0M¥48.5M
Median price per m² by yearHouses are the better deal on space — A m² of house floor space costs about 32% less than a m² of condo, even though the house price includes land. If you need room more than convenience, a house buys considerably more space. That gap has widened over the decade as condo prices pulled ahead.
¥0¥500k¥1.0M20052008201120142017202020232026
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YearCondoHouseLand
2005–¥374k/m²¥240k/m²
2006¥300k/m²¥381k/m²¥240k/m²
2007¥370k/m²¥391k/m²¥290k/m²
2008¥318k/m²¥381k/m²¥260k/m²
2009¥262k/m²¥383k/m²¥230k/m²
2010¥356k/m²¥365k/m²¥230k/m²
2011¥329k/m²¥359k/m²¥195k/m²
2012¥327k/m²¥319k/m²¥210k/m²
2013¥333k/m²¥379k/m²¥240k/m²
2014¥431k/m²¥388k/m²¥220k/m²
2015¥457k/m²¥373k/m²¥230k/m²
2016¥471k/m²¥391k/m²¥250k/m²
2017¥519k/m²¥352k/m²¥280k/m²
2018¥418k/m²¥400k/m²¥280k/m²
2019¥527k/m²¥400k/m²¥290k/m²
2020¥436k/m²¥400k/m²¥320k/m²
2021¥462k/m²¥409k/m²¥325k/m²
2022¥583k/m²¥475k/m²¥385k/m²
2023¥600k/m²¥491k/m²¥330k/m²
2024¥703k/m²¥482k/m²¥310k/m²
2025¥750k/m²¥510k/m²¥330k/m²
2026 (partial)¥963k/m²¥480k/m²–
Price per m² by building age (2021–2025 sales)How condos age here — In recent sales, condos lose about a quarter of their per-m² value by around 19 years old and half by around 25. Prices keep falling by roughly 4.7% a year even after 25 years, so older condos here are cheap for a reason. Check the repair fund and rebuild plans.
¥0¥500k¥1.0M¥1.5M05101520253035404550
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Building age (years)CondoHouse
0–¥491k/m²
1–¥432k/m²
4¥1.0M/m²–
5¥956k/m²–
10¥922k/m²–
11¥950k/m²–
12¥1.0M/m²–
13¥950k/m²–
14¥1.0M/m²–
15¥808k/m²–
16¥800k/m²–
17¥850k/m²–
18¥586k/m²–
19¥600k/m²–
25¥500k/m²–
26¥438k/m²–
27¥518k/m²–
28¥418k/m²–
29¥500k/m²–
30¥454k/m²–
31–¥533k/m²
32¥424k/m²–
33¥368k/m²–
34¥441k/m²–
37–¥328k/m²
38¥247k/m²–
39¥242k/m²–
41¥217k/m²–
42¥310k/m²–
50¥192k/m²¥400k/m²
Condo price per m² by construction period
¥0¥500k¥1.0M¥1.5M2006200820102012201420162018202020222024

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
2006¥263k/m²¥1.0M/m²–
2007¥292k/m²¥529k/m²–
2008¥241k/m²¥1.0M/m²–
2009¥225k/m²––
2010¥249k/m²¥545k/m²–
2011¥280k/m²––
2012¥272k/m²¥478k/m²–
2013¥250k/m²¥488k/m²–
2014¥241k/m²¥560k/m²¥500k/m²
2015¥261k/m²¥525k/m²¥677k/m²
2016¥295k/m²¥533k/m²¥717k/m²
2017¥332k/m²¥560k/m²¥763k/m²
2018¥297k/m²¥671k/m²–
2019¥367k/m²¥688k/m²¥742k/m²
2020¥308k/m²¥631k/m²–
2021¥400k/m²––
2022¥429k/m²¥787k/m²¥926k/m²
2023¥458k/m²¥666k/m²¥1.0M/m²
2024¥392k/m²¥815k/m²¥1.0M/m²
2025¥420k/m²¥800k/m²¥1.2M/m²
House price per m² by construction period
¥0¥200k¥400k¥600k20052007200920112013201520172019202120232025

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
2005–¥420k/m²–
2006¥276k/m²¥405k/m²–
2007¥278k/m²¥449k/m²–
2008¥350k/m²¥391k/m²–
2009¥258k/m²¥429k/m²–
2010¥294k/m²¥390k/m²–
2011¥283k/m²–¥390k/m²
2012¥262k/m²–¥343k/m²
2013¥286k/m²–¥400k/m²
2014––¥410k/m²
2015¥245k/m²–¥390k/m²
2016––¥419k/m²
2017¥246k/m²–¥386k/m²
2018––¥420k/m²
2019¥309k/m²–¥438k/m²
2020¥278k/m²–¥422k/m²
2021¥286k/m²–¥395k/m²
2022¥341k/m²––
2024¥433k/m²––
2025¥367k/m²––

Prices near train stations in Omiya Ward, Saitama City

Sales from 2023–2025, grouped by nearest station.

StationMedian used condo priceCondo price per m²Median house price (land + building)Walk (min)Sales
Omiya(Saitama) (大宮(埼玉))¥37.0M¥657k/m²¥52.0M14536
Saitama Shintoshin (さいたま新都心)¥60.0M¥914k/m²¥58.5M1097
Kita Omiya (北大宮)–––517
Tetsudo Hakubutsukan (鉄道博物館)–––616
Omiya Koen (大宮公園)––¥55.0M612

Used condo prices by layout in Omiya Ward, Saitama City

Sales from 2023–2025.

LayoutMedian used condo priceTypical sizeSales
3LDK¥44.5M65 m²164
2LDK¥40.5M60 m²64
1K¥17.0M20 m²30
1LDK¥32.0M50 m²20
4LDK¥45.0M82.5 m²12

How much does an apartment cost in Omiya Ward, Saitama City?

The median used condo (mansion) in Omiya Ward, Saitama City sold for ¥35.0M in 2025, about ¥750k/m², based on 121 recorded sales.

How much does a house cost in Omiya Ward, Saitama City?

The median house sale, including the land, was ¥55.0M in 2025 across 121 sales.

Are property prices in Omiya Ward, Saitama City going up?

Over the five years to 2025, condo prices per m² changed +71.9% and residential land prices changed +3.1%.

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.