Real estate sales and loans

In the fourth quarter of 2013, nationwide real estate unit sales agreements totalled 160,525, decreasing by 8.1% over the same period for the previous year. 148,835 (92.7%) transfers of properties concerned homes and appurtenances and 10,449 (6.5%) real estate units for business purposes.

In relation to the type of use, sales of residential properties fell by 7.6%, whereas sales of properties for business use fell by 13.5%.

For the full year 2013, the total number of real estate unit sales (584,868) decreased by 7.5% over the previous year, transfers of properties of residential use (544,392) decreased by 7.3%, and real transfers of properties for business purposes (36,201) fell by 8.7%.