On today's Nikkei, you can see an article about house purchase behaviour of young people who meld buying for their housing with that for investment. That is, living for a while and reselling afterwards to repay their debt.
Yes, this sounds rational, but as you know, this strategy may backfire them if the property price falls down. Then, Japan's real estate market, especially that of personal housing, is said in a cliché way to be under constant pressure of rapid value deterioration(say, Japan has many earthquakes and other natural disasters, and humidity can do damage, so they can't hold valuable houses for a long time etc.)
Then, would this course of action be really effective and relevant? as a Japanese young resident, I just wonder.
by gorudo-