SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — In the wake of the spread of the novel coronavirus infection, also known as Wuhan pneumonia, events that attract massive crowds are being cancelled. Meanwhile, the construction industry is having to deal with a difference in opinions between those in the Seoul metropolitan area and provincial areas over the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Wuhan coronavirus is prompting changes to the way South Korean construction companies are selling new apartment units. Jungheung Construction Co., which plans to open sales for an apartment complex in the Wirye New Town in Hanam, Gyeonggi Province, in February, has replaced the typical model house with a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Eco-boomers, children of the Baby Boom generation, are rising as new consumers in the housing market. Eco-boomers refers to offspring of 7.2 million baby boomers (born between 1955 and 1963) at the age of 22 to 40 (born between 1979 and 1997). They are also known as the Generation [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Branding, among others, may be one of the key selling points for a product, and that’s why South Korean builders are in sync in launching luxury apartment brands, or renewing their brand identities for high-end consumers amid deepening polarization in the local housing market. Lotte Engineering & Construction Co. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea announced plans to kick-start the so-called reverse annuity mortgage market Wednesday in an effort to help support elderly homeowners financially. The measure, unveiled by a pan-governmental task force on population policy, would lower the age limit for applicants for reverse annuity mortgages to 55 from the current [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday adopted a scheme to cap presale prices of privately built apartments in its extended efforts to stabilize real estate markets. Seoul revised related laws last month to execute the “presale price cap system” for apartments to be built by private builders amid signs of escalating [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builders are likely to fall short of their annual overseas order targets this year, analysts said Sunday, amid concerns over a slowdown in the global economy sparked by the U.S.-China trade dispute. As of the end of October, South Korean construction companies amassed $17.68 billion worth of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group said Wednesday it will join a massive entertainment city development project in Saudi Arabia, with its affiliates taking part in various areas from construction to electronics. Under an agreement with Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC), Samsung will collaborate with Saudi officials on the development [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The construction segment, traditionally considered to be somewhat conservative and manpower-reliant, is bracing for a change with more and more tech startups in queue to instill a new breath into the industry — digitalization that could boost efficiency and productivity. According to data from the Korea Institute of Startup [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — There are thousands of ‘underage landlords’ in South Korea who own real estate and collect rent. Rep. Shim Ki-joon of the ruling Democratic Party reported that there were a total of 2,415 juveniles who profited from renting out real estate in 2017. The young landlords generated 50.4 billion won [...]