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S. Korea’s Top 100 Real Estate Investors Own More than 20,000 Homes

S. Korea’s Top 100 Real Estate Investors Own More than 20,000 Homes

SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top landlords own more than 20,000 homes, data showed Thursday. Rep. Kim Hoi-jae of the Democratic Party referred to a Statistics Korea report indicating that the 100 South Koreans with the largest real estate holdings owned a total of 20,689 homes as of 2020. Jointly owned homes [...]

Growing Number of Landlords Lowering or Freezing Rent

Growing Number of Landlords Lowering or Freezing Rent

SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The rent reduction campaign, in which landlords lower store rents for small business owners affected by the new coronavirus outbreak is spreading throughout the country. The Ministry of SMEs and Startups said Wednesday that 3,425 property owners in individual shopping complexes and 513 in traditional markets across the country [...]

‘Full-time’ Landlords Earn 2.79 mln Won a Month

‘Full-time’ Landlords Earn 2.79 mln Won a Month

SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been confirmed that as many as 18,000 “full-time” landlords make money by renting out apartments full-time, without any other job. According to data received by Rep. Park Hong-keun from the National Tax Service, the number of individuals that live off of rental income, or so-called ‘landlords’, came [...]

S. Korean Landlord Has Nearly 200 mln Won in Debt: BOK

S. Korean Landlord Has Nearly 200 mln Won in Debt: BOK

SEOUL, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — An average landlord in South Korea owed 200 million won (US$176,000) to financial institutions last year, a central bank report showed Thursday. According to the Financial Stability Report submitted by the Bank of Korea (BOK) to parliament, the total financial debt of households that lease homes and commercial buildings [...]