Erik Buhrow dreams of retiring in Japan. Until then, he's renting out the akiya, or abandoned home, to other Americans who ...

Deborah and Jason Brawn's shared dream was to buy a house in Japan ... in part due to the low price tags and the lack of restrictions on foreigners purchasing property in Japan.

In Japan, Sekisui House is a high-end builder focused on custom ... from a lower cost of capital than American builders that allows them to keep prices competitive, to a differentiated product ...

This price-to-rent ratio helps assess whether it is more cost-effective to buy or rent a home in a given market. A high price-to-rent ratio suggests that buying a property is more expensive relative ...