New Tokyo condo listings plunge 50% as hotel developers snap up land

Residential projects held back by lack of new sites and rising costs

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Fewer residential buildings are being developed in Tokyo, with suitable sites in short supply. © Reuters

NAOYUKI TOYAMA and MINAMO ITO, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- New condominiums put on the market in the greater Tokyo area plunged 50% on the year in August to a record low, data released Thursday shows, as builders struggle to compete for land with hotel developers.

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