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Konan 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)
¥19.0M
Residential land per m² (sales)
¥48k/m²
+17.1% over 5 years
Transactions in 2025
130
#8 of 12 areas in Shiga by price per m²

What the data says

Steady, predictable growth

House prices per m² have climbed about 0.1% a year, roughly in line with the previous five years. There is no sign of overheating or a sudden slowdown.

Lagging Shiga

Per m², houses here are 19% below the Shiga average. Ten years ago the gap was 14%, so Konan City has been falling behind the rest of Shiga.

What a typical purchase costs

Half of all house sales last year were between ¥6.7M and ¥40.0M. Listings outside that range are either unusual properties or worth a closer look.

A shrinking population

The population fell 1.6% between 2020 and 2025 (−1.5% for the wider area). Moves in and out roughly balanced in 2025. Households still grew 3.1% as people live in smaller households, which supports demand for smaller homes even as the population shrinks.

Typical vacancy

15% of homes were empty in 2023 (12.3% for the wider area), and 7.9% were empty without being for rent, for sale or used as second homes. The level of abandoned homes is around the national norm.

Lower earthquake risk

The government's seismic model gives a 19% chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or stronger in the next 30 years (21% for the wider area). This is low by Japanese standards, although no part of Japan is free of earthquake risk.

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 -3% over five years. They are still 51% 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, 43% are inside the worst-case flood zone, 7% 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 Konan City: people, homes and risks

Population 2025
53,614
-1.6% since 2020
Shiga: -1.5%
Net moves in 2025
+28
+0.52 per 1,000 residents
Shiga: +0.25
Vacant homes (2023)
15.0%
7.9% empty and not for rent or sale
Shiga: 12.3%
Median rent (2023)
¥50k
per month, all rented homes
Shiga: ¥52k
Strong earthquake risk
18.9%
chance of shaking of intensity 6-lower or more within 30 years
Shiga: 20.6%
Official land price 2026
¥34k/m²
+0.2% in a year · -2.9% in 5 years
Shiga: ¥41k/m²
Flood exposure
42.9%
of 14 benchmark sites in a worst-case flood zone (0.0% 3 m or deeper)
Shiga: 50.0%
Landslide exposure
7.1%
of 14 benchmark sites in a landslide warning area
Shiga: 1.6%

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 Konan 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

¥4.6M

¥61k/m²

  • Omidai
  • Ishibe
  • Land 160 m² · floor 75 m²
  • Built 1983 (43 yrs) · Wood
Typical2026 Q1

¥15.0M

¥103k/m²

  • Ishibekita
  • Ishibe · 11 min walk
  • Land 170 m² · floor 145 m²
  • Built 2004 (22 yrs) · Wood
Higher-priced2025 Q4

¥42.0M

¥336k/m²

  • Ishibechuo
  • Ishibe · 24 min walk
  • Land 180 m² · floor 125 m²
  • Built 2026 (0 yrs) · Wood
Median transaction price by yearA sharp recent rise — The median house price rose 46% between 2023 and 2025. Prices per m² rose 57% too, so this is a genuine like-for-like increase, not just bigger homes selling. With only 67 house sales in 2025, a handful of expensive deals can move the median a lot.
¥0¥5.0M¥10.0M¥15.0M¥20.0M2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouse
2007¥15.0M
2008¥16.0M
2009¥14.0M
2010¥16.0M
2011¥13.0M
2012¥16.0M
2013¥14.0M
2014¥10.0M
2015¥17.5M
2016¥11.0M
2017¥16.0M
2018¥19.0M
2019¥15.0M
2020¥17.5M
2021¥18.0M
2022¥12.5M
2023¥13.0M
2024¥13.0M
2025¥19.0M
2026 (partial)¥14.0M
Median price per m² by year
¥0¥50k¥100k¥150k¥200k2007200920112013201520172019202120232025
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YearHouseLand
2007¥136k/m²¥31k/m²
2008¥127k/m²¥43k/m²
2009¥120k/m²¥35k/m²
2010¥123k/m²¥29k/m²
2011¥100k/m²¥32k/m²
2012¥122k/m²¥44k/m²
2013¥103k/m²¥30k/m²
2014¥108k/m²¥31k/m²
2015¥132k/m²¥32k/m²
2016¥86k/m²¥28k/m²
2017¥110k/m²¥22k/m²
2018¥125k/m²¥31k/m²
2019¥123k/m²¥41k/m²
2020¥133k/m²¥41k/m²
2021¥153k/m²¥24k/m²
2022¥93k/m²¥18k/m²
2023¥79k/m²¥31k/m²
2024¥130k/m²¥37k/m²
2025¥124k/m²¥48k/m²
2026 (partial)¥103k/m²–
Price per m² by building age (2021–2025 sales)
¥0¥100k¥200k¥300k05101520253035404550
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Building age (years)House
0¥276k/m²
1¥280k/m²
45¥67k/m²
50¥43k/m²

Prices near train stations in Konan City

Sales from 2023–2025, grouped by nearest station.

StationMedian used condo priceCondo price per m²Median house price (land + building)Walk (min)Sales
Mikumo (三雲)––¥16.0M1975
Ishibe (石部)––¥14.0M2060
Kosei (甲西)––¥10.5M1636
Yasu(Shiga) (野洲)––¥13.5M–14

How much does a house cost in Konan City?

The median house sale, including the land, was ¥19.0M in 2025 across 67 sales.

Are property prices in Konan 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.