One person it did not dawn on recently is Alex Kerr, an author and Japanologist originally from Maryland, who became an akiya owner in 1973 when he acquired an abandoned country house (known as a ...
The northern Italian region known as Trentino, or officially the Autonomous Province of Trento, will pay residents of Italy ...
That is, until the government started selling abandoned homes here practically for free. People from around the world came running, hoping to get in on the deal. And while the pandemic may have ...
Japan’s Shockingly Cheap Homes Go Viral – What’s the Catch? Abandoned homes in Japan are selling for as low as RM14,909.
Udini House in Jalan Tunku Kudin, Gelugor, has been unoccupied since the 1960s. It is believed to be one of the oldest abandoned houses in Penang, if not the country.
As Japan’s population ages, a record-breaking number of houses across the country now sit vacant ... the biggest challenge is the increase in abandoned vacant homes with no intended use.