{"id":144474,"date":"2022-02-01T16:46:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T07:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=144474&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-02-01T16:46:19","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T07:46:19","slug":"nishinippon-city-bank-launches-kominka-financing","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/nishinippon-city-bank-launches-kominka-financing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nishinippon City Bank Launches Kominka Financing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nishi-Nippon City Bank launched Japan\u2019s first mortgage program for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kominka <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">townhouses. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbank.co.jp\/noren\/news\/2021\/__icsFiles\/afieldfile\/2022\/01\/27\/220127-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NCB Vintage Housing Loan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is unique in that it places value on old townhouses, in contrast to conventional asset evaluation, which would not attribute value to them. The program aims to accelerate purchases and renovation of wooden houses that were built before 1950 and reduce the number of abandoned houses<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yomiuri.co.jp\/local\/kyushu\/news\/20220128-OYTNT50004\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yomiuri<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC277B10X20C22A1000000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkei<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-141858\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ncb-bank.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ncb-bank.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ncb-bank.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ncb-bank.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ncb-bank.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by Fukuoka Now<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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