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Rise in property lending stirs fears of new bubble in Japan

Property-related loans in H1 ended September rise 15% to 7.1 trillion yen from a year ago, BOJ data shows

Published Thu, Nov 17, 2016 · 09:50 PM

Tokyo

A SURGE in property lending in Japan by banks and other financial institutions is fuelling fears among some of a "real estate bubble" developing, similar to the one which sent property prices soaring and then subsequently crashing - at the time of the Japanese "bubble economy" in late-1980s.

Property-related loans extended during the first half of the current financial …

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