Towards an Era of Increasing "Unchosen Used Homes." New Common Sense for Being "Chosen by Buyers," Understandable via Smartphone. Patent Acquired (Patent No. 7833231).

Sun Association Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Masatoshi Saeki), which develops real estate sales, preservation, and maintenance services for detached houses, has acquired a business model patent (Patent No. 7833231) for its "Housing Diagnosis Information Management System," which allows for the accumulation and proof of inspection and repair history as digital data using a smartphone.

With the expectation of an oversupply of used homes due to declining birth rates and an aging population, an era of 'selection' has arrived where buyers hold the advantage. This system aims to establish value as 'a home buyers can confidently choose' from among numerous used properties by visualizing properties that have undergone proper maintenance as 'New Used Homes® (Registered Trademark),' thereby building a new distribution standard to protect the valuable assets of homeowners.

1. Background of Patent Acquisition: An Era of "Surplus Homes," "History" Becomes Value for Selection

Japan's housing market, due to declining birth rates and a decrease in younger workers, is heading towards a 'buyer's market' where used homes will increasingly flood the market, giving buyers abundant choices. Until now, used home sales have been evaluated solely by age, with the condition of unseen structural parts and maintenance history remaining opaque. However, in a future with an oversupply of properties, the greatest weapon for being chosen by buyers will not be aesthetic appearance, but 'objective proof that preservation and maintenance have been correctly performed.' Our company developed this system with the noble goal of resolving this information asymmetry and increasing the number of homes that buyers can purchase with confidence.

2. "Buyer Trust" and Asset Value Maintenance Realized by This System

Based on patent technology (Patent No. 7833231), this system accumulates information self-entered by the owner as an objective 'housing medical record'.

・Differentiation as "New Used Homes®"

In the vast inventory of used homes, we brand properties with reliable histories, adding a 'reason to be chosen' at the buyer's search and consideration stage.

・Providing Added Value of Peace of Mind

By quantifying and visualizing the 'invisible deterioration,' which is the greatest concern for buyers, we achieve highly transparent transactions that do not rely on subjective declarations.

・Asset Management for "Protection"

Establishing a system that can issue proof of proper repair history will be the 'greatest protection homeowners can provide' to prevent value from plummeting when the market eventually becomes buyer-advantageous.