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title: "Japan Housing Starts Drop Less than Expected"
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description: "Japan’s housing starts fell 1.3% year-on-year in December 2025, easing sharply from an 8.5% drop in the previous month and beating market expectations of a 4.1% decline.While marking the eighth contraction of the year, it was the mildest pace since September 2024.The slowdown reflected softer declines in starts for owner-occupied homes (-1.8% vs. -9.5% in November) and rental units (-3.4% vs. -5.5%).In contrast, built-for-sale housing returned to growth (1.9% vs. -11.3%), alongside a rebound in two-by-four homes (2.8% vs. -2.7%).Meanwhile, prefabricated housing contracted more sharply (-6.1% vs - 4.1%)."
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# Japan Housing Starts Drop Less than Expected

Japan’s housing starts fell 1.3% year-on-year in December 2025, easing sharply from an 8.5% drop in the previous month and beating market expectations of a 4.1% decline.

While marking the eighth contraction of the year, it was the mildest pace since September 2024.

The slowdown reflected softer declines in starts for owner-occupied homes (-1.8% vs. -9.5% in November) and rental units (-3.4% vs. -5.5%).

In contrast, built-for-sale housing returned to growth (1.9% vs. -11.3%), alongside a rebound in two-by-four homes (2.8% vs. -2.7%).

Meanwhile, prefabricated housing contracted more sharply (-6.1% vs - 4.1%).

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