among households that have relocated, rebuilt, or renovated between April 2021 and March 2022; multiple answers possible
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Questionnaire
Supplementary notes
Among people who have bought a house that has been occupied by another household after being newly built, and who have moved in or plan to move in as soon as formalities are completed.
*The number of responses includes 591 respondents in the three metropolitan areas Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya who received and returned questionnaires in person and 425 responses via postal questionnaire in all other regions. The number of respondents refers to those who have bought a pre-owned home, as the source does not report the exact number of those who have bought detached houses.
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Common ways of gathering information on pre-owned detached houses in Japan FY 2021
A majority of households in Japan that bought pre-owned detached houses in the fiscal year 2021 had gathered information on properties online, a survey conducted between September and November 2022 found. While **** percent used the internet to obtain information, around **** percent turned to real estate agents.
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