Buying a House in Japan #1 - Banks

Shinsei wins: http://www.englishfriendlyjapan.com/shinsei-bank-tokyo

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• japan
• japanese
• thejapanchannel
• yt:stretch=4:3
• house
• home
• buy
• buying
• loan
• borrowing
• bank
• banks

[secretkilnsTV]

update on NAB: they now only consider Japanese property loans of 45,000,000 yen and up on a minimum house price of 60,000,000 yen. That's $545,000 and $730,000 USD respectively... yikes! They could have been a bit more polite on the phone too.

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

@secretkilnsTV

Thanks for the feedback.

My experience of them was similar.

[sexysisa]

I will be in Japan next year as a college student and my parents asked me how can they send the money to me... does opening a bank account for money transfer is more ok than sending it via money remittance company like western union.

Do they have western union in Japan?

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

@sexysisa

Probably getting them to send international money orders and then you can cash them at the post office using your passport.

They can send me some too :-)

[J0RDSKI]

If you buy a property with no loans does that give you permission to live there until you find a job for a work visa? Or do you have to stay on a travel visa? Also living there for a while it would help to fully understand and speak Japanese which would help in finding a job.

[TheJapanChannelDcom]

@J0RDSKI

Buying a house doesn't change the visa situation.

Check out the rest of the "how to" videos and the website forum.

[rappwr]

1'st step to buy house in Japan. - Watch videos from this channel (:

[zsdg34]

Do they have property tax?

[CouchPatrol001]

2/2 this is for those who like me, don't like the idea of teaching English.

[CouchPatrol001]

@MegaOtaku12

As far as I know this only applies to "Buying" then again the money to rent may need a loan at first but that's what a jobs for. And for those who are asking about jobs, there are occasionally regular jobs available in major places like Tokyo and Osaka but you really can only get a normal job if you have a good understanding of japanese almost fluent I guess.

[marcelleqb]

@sexysisa

If it's not too late, open an HSBC savings or checking acct. Your parents can transfer money to your acct through paypal (no extra cost from paypal or hsbc.) HSBC is a world bank and you don't get charged conversion rates. And you can request that your check card be a Master Card, which is more common abroad than Visa.

[watashiwahjolan]

@sexysisa Use Paypal to transfer you can even convert curency for small percent

[zem1956]

Amazing.ly small.

Love the videos...... What a way to learn

[zem1956]

Amazing.ly small.

[furstenfeldbruck]

you look like that guy from American Beauty

[MegaOtaku12]

what about living in a an apartment :)

[gensaiyunikunaotoko]

HOLY SNAP ! its the first time i see your face @_@

thanks of the information sir !

mm to get a job in japan.... well i am mexican so i can do everything ! :3 (no jk)

also some engineering lol