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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The criteria for Koreans choosing an apartment, the most common form of housing in the country, are undergoing a transformation. In the past, the proximity to subway stations, known as ‘Yeokssekwon’ or station areas, was considered an essential factor due to its emphasis on transportation convenience. However, there is [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) —GS E&C, the owner of the Xi apartment brand, is expanding into the single-family home market. The company announced on Thursday that its subsidiary, XiGEIST, which specializes in wooden modular houses, will launch its website and commence business-to-consumer (B2C) sales in earnest. The modular houses are produced in a factory [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Conflicts over repair costs accounted for the largest share of commercial lease disputes in Seoul last year, the city government said said Thursday. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 188 dispute cases were filed with the commercial lease dispute coordination committee last year, of which 28.2 percent or 53 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s finance ministry said Wednesday it plans to revamp a set of tax regulations on the property market to ease the financial burden of people amid soaring borrowing costs. Under the plan, South Korea will allow owners of two homes topay less taxes if they dispose of one [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s finance ministry said Thursday owners of two homes will pay less taxes if they dispose of one of them during an extended period amid a slump in the home market. Under the plan, such homeowners will not be subject to heavier taxation if they offload one of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The city government of Seoul on Thursday lifted a citywide 35-story limit on apartment buildings to allow more flexible city planning and more colorful landscapes, officials said. The city will abolish the blanket cap that had been applied to Grade-3 residential buildings across Seoul and permit the maintenance of [...]