主要都市４割で地価下落　コロナで需要減、四半期調査―国交省

　国土交通省は２１日、全国主要都市１００地区を対象とした２０２０年第２四半期（４月１日～７月１日）の地価動向調査の結果を発表した。新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大に伴うホテルや店舗の需要減退と取引の停滞が影響し、下落は前回調査の４地区から３８地区へ増加。上昇は７３地区から１地区へ激減し、緩やかに続いてきた上昇傾向にブレーキがかかった形だ。
　下落地区が上昇地区数を上回るのは１２年第２四半期以来。用途別では住宅地に比べて商業地で、地域別では地方圏に比べて三大都市圏での下落が顕著で、名古屋圏では対象９地区すべてが落ち込んだ。（2020/08/21-18:01）

Land prices fell in about 40 pct of urban areas across Japan in the second quarter of 2020, reflecting sluggish location demand from hotel and shop operators, as well as slow transactions, amid the coronavirus epidemic, a land ministry survey has shown.
   Of the 100 surveyed areas in major cities, 38 areas logged land price falls, sharply up from four in the previous survey. The number of areas with price rises plummeted to one from 73.
   It was the first time since the second quarter of 2012 that there were more areas with lower land prices than those with higher prices.
   In the remaining 61 areas, land prices were flat, thanks to relatively steady demand for condominiums and offices. "It seems that people are currently waiting to see how land markets will move," a ministry official said.
   In the latest survey, land price falls were more visible among commercial districts than among residential districts, and also in the country's three metropolitan areas than in other cities.