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Seoul Faces Serious Residential Segregation According to Housing Prices, Study Finds

SEJONG, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed a significant degree of residential segregation in Seoul, characterized by distinct divisions between high-priced and low-priced housing areas. The Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements released these findings in its report titled ‘Residential Segregation by Housing Prices and Policy Implications,’ which utilized publicly announced housing [...]

Gov’t to Not Authorize Apartment Completion Unless Inter-floor Noise Level Meets Standards

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The land ministry said Monday it will not authorize the completion of newly built apartments if inter-floor noise levels fail to meet accepted standards. As part of measures to tackle widespread social problems surrounding noise disputes between neighbors, the ministry said it will also strengthen quality control by measuring [...]

Data Reveals Over 85,000 Foreigners Own Homes in South Korea

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Over 85,000 foreign nationals own a house in South Korea, with Chinese possessing more than half of real estate properties held by foreigners in the country, government data showed Wednesday. A total of 85,358 foreign nationals owned a house in South Korea as of end-June, up 4.6 percent from [...]

Data Reveals 70 pct Greater Household Assets in Capital Areas Compared to Non-Metropolitan Regions

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Assets held by South Korean households in Seoul and the surrounding metropolitan areas were some 70 percent larger than those owned by households in the non-metropolitan regions, data showed Saturday. The average per-household assets in Seoul, the western city of Incheon and the surrounding Gyeonggi Province came to 692.46 [...]

Government Plans to Provide 120,000 More Public Homes by 2027

SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will supply 120,000 public homes in addition to the existing plan to deliver 2.7 million new homes by 2027 to offset the declining private-sector home supply amid higher lending rates, the land ministry said Tuesday. In August last year, the government announced the public home supply plan [...]

Seven Korean Companies Secure Spots on Deloitte Korea’s 2022 List of Top 100 Global Builders

SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung C&T Corp. and six other South Korean companies have ranked among the world’s top 100 builders based on their 2022 sales, Deloitte Korea said Wednesday. Samsung C&T, the construction and trading arm of South Korea’s No. 1 conglomerate Samsung Group, placed 15th, down two notches from a year [...]

Hyundai E&C Forms Partnership Agreement with Energy IT Startup

SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) –Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) said Monday it has signed a partnership deal with a local energy IT startup via an equity investment in an effort to break into the power brokerage business. Hyundai E&C, South Korea’s No. 2 builder, didn’t disclose the amount of its investment in [...]

Underage Landlords in Korea See 30% Income Growth Over 5 Years

SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed a 30 percent surge in underage individuals earning income as landlords over the past five years. In 2021, a total of 3,136 underage landlords collectively generated 54.8 billion won in rental income, averaging 17.48 million won per person annually. This escalating trend of underage [...]

S. Korea’s Overseas Construction Orders Rise 20 pct in Jan.-Aug. Period

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean construction companies’ overseas orders increased 20 percent in the January-August period from a year earlier to exceed US$20 billion, industry data showed Sunday. Local builders obtained $21.9 billion worth of overseas orders between January and August, up from $18.3 billion worth of deals in the same period [...]

You Can Become a Building Owner in Apgujeong for Only 5,000 Won

SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — On Thursday, Kasa, a real estate securities trading platform, announced that the subscription rate for its seventh public offering building, ‘Apgujeong Commerce Building,’ exceeded 56 percent on the first day of the public offering. On Wednesday, the initial day of the public offering, the company raised 9.4 billion won [...]