Automatic translation of the Spanish original, reviewed by the group when possible.
In Japón, properties with a gruesome history are sold dirt cheap and are attracting new buyers.
textXataka reported on this a few days ago based on recent articles about the Japanese real estate market. It turns out that homes where someone has died violently, by suicide, or through solitary death have gone from being an unbearable taboo to becoming the target of buyers on a tight budget. We find this commercial twist rather jarring, but over there they are known as jiko bukken.
The catalogue of flats with a past
The market has evolved so much that there are now web portals dedicated exclusively to cataloguing these properties. Sites like Oshimaland detail the square metres, location, and the exact reason why the flat earned its sinister reputation. Prices can plummet by thirty to fifty percent compared to the neighbourhood average.
Many couldn't care less about the previous tragedy as long as they can sign a cheap mortgage. After all, bureaucratic hassle or a forced move can be worse than sharing a hallway with a silent specter. A quid's a quid, even on a metaphysical level.
The new pragmatic tenants
Far from running away in terror, some new owners decide to take it in their stride or simply joke about the matter on social media. Renting or buying cheap makes up for the awkwardness of knowing the previous occupant kicked the bucket in a nasty way.
The mundane explanation is, of course, quite simple: the housing crisis in big cities pushes people to overlook any superstition just to have four walls of their own. Slap a fifty percent discount on the rent for us, and we'd also think twice before checking under the bed.
Would you live in a cheap flat knowing what happened inside?
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