Built on official MLIT transaction data

Property prices in Morioka

Median sale prices in Morioka, Iwate from real transactions (2023Q2–2026Q1) — homes, apartments, and land, plus the current for-sale market.

Median home price
¥17.0M
Home ¥/m²
¥123K/m²
3-year change
-15.9%
For sale now
1,841

By home price per m², Morioka ranks #5 of 29 municipalities in Iwate and #604 of 1684 nationwide.

Prices by property type

TypeMedian sold price¥/m² (25–75% range)3y changeMedian asking priceFor sale
Homes¥17.0M¥123K/m²¥66K¥264K-15.9%¥23.0M566
Apartments¥13.5M¥227K/m²¥112K¥333K+13.4%¥16.8M333
Land¥13.0M¥62K/m²¥39K¥80K+8.8%¥11.0M942

Only segments with at least 5 transactions are shown. Apartment ¥/m² is a sold figure from the transaction records; there is no asking ¥/m² for apartments, because listings carry no unit area.

Official land prices in Iwate: the 2026 prefectural land price survey

Residential land
-0.7%
prior year -0.2%
Commercial land
-0.9%
prior year -0.9%

Year-on-year change at the 1 July 2026 valuation

The prefecture-wide rates from the 2026 prefectural land price survey, published by Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on 2026-09-15. Official land prices are appraised values per square metre set by each prefectural governor as of 1 July, which is a different measure from the prices Morioka properties actually sold for in the table above. The survey covers 21,466 points nationwide.

These rates are for Iwate as a whole. For what individual properties sold for city by city, see the table above.

Source: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Summary of the 2026 Prefectural Land Price Survey (PDF)

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Frequently asked questions

How much does a house cost in Morioka?

The median sold price for a house (land + building) in Morioka is ¥17.0M (¥123K/m²), based on real transactions from 2023Q2–2026Q1.

How much does land cost in Morioka?

The median price of residential land in Morioka is ¥62K/m², with a median lot price of ¥13.0M (2023Q2–2026Q1).

Are property prices in Morioka rising?

Home prices per m² in Morioka have changed -15.9% compared with the previous three-year period.

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About this data

Source: MLIT (Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) real estate transaction records, 2023Q2–2026Q1. Only segments with at least 5 transactions are shown. For-sale figures come from active listings tracked and deduplicated by Japan Property Research.