Condo starts in Tokyo dive 31%

The number of new condominiums put on sale in the Tokyo metropolitan area in fiscal 2008 declined 30.9 percent from the previous year to 40,166 units, dropping for the third straight year and sliding below the 50,000 mark for the first time since fiscal 1992

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