Tougher Rules to Affect Some 400,000 Mortgage Borrowers

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s stricter lending rules will likely affect about 400,000 potential mortgage borrowers in “speculative districts” in Seoul and the administrative capital of Sejong in the second half of the year, officials said Thursday. In its latest bid to rein in the overheating housing market, the government Wednesday designated [...]