SEOUL, Apr. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent survey conducted by real estate consulting firm Budongsan R114 has shed light on the priorities of South Korean homebuyers, revealing that nearly one-third of adults consider the ‘education environment’ to be the most crucial factor when purchasing a home. The survey, which polled 5,046 adults nationwide from March [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As South Korea’s economy continues its transition toward a service-based model, a handful of industries like finance, health care and real estate have emerged as consistent drivers of expansion over the past decade, government data has revealed. Statistics Korea reported on April 5 that the nation’s service sector output increased [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – In a strategic shift reflecting broader market uncertainties, several investment funds that previously sought opportunities in flourishing real estate markets in the United States and Europe are now extending their maturity periods, hoping for a rebound. This move comes as fund managers grapple with the challenges of liquidating assets in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The government vowed Friday to step up the monitoring of the real estate project financing (PF) market amid potential insolvency risks and concerns as Taeyoung Engineering & Construction Co. won support from creditors to start a debt restructuring program. The midsized builder has received 96.1 percent of support from [...]
World’s First Certification Programme for Unparalleled Workplace Experiences LONDON, Jan. 03, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – HqO, the world’s leading real estate experience platform, today announced the launch of ‘2024 Best Spaces to Work in London’, the only recognition and certification programme dedicated to scoring and validating end-user real estate experiences in spaces across the city. [...]
LONDON and TORONTO, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — After a volatile year of geopolitical tensions, economic shocks and uneven monetary policy, Colliers (NASDAQ and TSX: CIGI) anticipates the process of stabilization of the global real estate market to take hold by mid-2023 in its latest Global Investor Outlook. While some countries such as the UK and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of residential properties whose ownership changed due to forced sale by auction marked a sharp increase this year compared to a year ago. According to the Supreme Court, the number of apartments, villas and residential officetels whose ownership shifted due to forced sale by auction stood at [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of people subject to the so-called comprehensive real estate tax hovered above 1 million for the first time since the scheme was introduced in 2005 amid soaring overall property prices, data showed Monday. A total of 1.3 million home and land owners will receive the tax invoice [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will continue to look into suspicious real estate transactions by foreigners as a recent investigation found increasing illegalities involving foreigners’ home purchases, the land ministry said Friday. The portion of suspicious home purchases by foreigners rose to 1.21 percent, or 6,772 cases, out of the country’s total [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s property prices are expected to maintain a downward trend as interest rates are expected to stay high through at least early 2023, a state-run think tank said Thursday. The average price of houses in the greater Seoul area in the July-September period of 2022 decreased 1.19 percent [...]