Built on official MLIT transaction data

Property prices in Tsuruoka

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

Median home price
¥5.9M
Home ¥/m²
¥46K/m²
3-year change
-30.6%
For sale now
348

By home price per m², Tsuruoka ranks #13 of 28 municipalities in Yamagata and #1160 of 1684 nationwide.

Prices by property type

TypeMedian sold price¥/m² (25–75% range)3y changeMedian asking priceFor sale
Homes¥5.9M¥46K/m²¥16K¥127K-30.6%¥13.8M153
Apartments¥19.0M¥292K/m²¥243K¥520K+5.6%¥10.3M13
Land¥6.0M¥24K/m²¥13K¥32K+9.1%¥6.1M182

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 Yamagata: the 2026 prefectural land price survey

Residential land
-0.5%
prior year -0.2%
Commercial land
-0.4%
prior year -0.2%

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 Tsuruoka properties actually sold for in the table above. The survey covers 21,466 points nationwide.

These rates are for Yamagata 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 Tsuruoka?

The median sold price for a house (land + building) in Tsuruoka is ¥5.9M (¥46K/m²), based on real transactions from 2023Q2–2026Q1.

How much does land cost in Tsuruoka?

The median price of residential land in Tsuruoka is ¥24K/m², with a median lot price of ¥6.0M (2023Q2–2026Q1).

Are property prices in Tsuruoka rising?

Home prices per m² in Tsuruoka have changed -30.6% 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.