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Call for more real estate incentives
Property developers and consultants want the new government to implement measures to foster a positive environment for foreign investment and to encourage overseas buyers.
He turned his childhood home in the Japanese countryside into a multipurpose property with 12 round, wooden houses. Now he’s trying to sell it for $1.58 million — check it out.
The couple’s home is on one corner of the property while the smaller domes — which are rented out — are in a spiral that resembles a nautilus shell.