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Seoul's Yeongdeungpo District won unanimous backing to restrict data centers in residential zones, aiming to revise city ordinances and the Building Act.
South Korea unveils the Aug. 13 housing plan to supply 100,000 homes, designating three new public housing districts in Seoul and Gyeonggi.
Korea's Land Ministry unveiled a plan to speed up housing supply, adding 27,000 homes near Seoul and cutting the site-to-construction timeline to 37…
Seoul apartment listings surged past 64,000 after the Aug. 3 tax reform, but triple curbs on sales, financing and leasing are freezing transactions.
Some 10,000 Seoul apartment leases expire this year as a tax overhaul pushes landlords to reclaim rented homes, deepening fears of a jeonse supply crunch.
About 10,000 'two-plus-two' jeonse leases expire in Seoul by year-end as landlords reclaim homes, squeezing rental supply and lifting deposits.
About 10,000 "2+2 year" leases in Seoul near expiry as a tax overhaul pushes landlords to move in, tightening jeonse supply and raising tenants' housing…
Korea's rival parties clashed over the government's property tax overhaul and Seoul's housing supply shortage in a National Assembly committee session.
South Korea's ruling Democratic Party is moving to ease rules on private redevelopment to boost housing supply in Seoul, targeting construction-cost…
Korea's party and government weigh tax reform revisions amid public backlash, while Hana Bank halts variable-rate mortgages and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon clashes over housing supply policy.
Gwacheon, which led greater Seoul's 2024 housing surge, saw sale prices at -0.01% and jeonse at -4.36% this year as continuous new housing supply cooled the market.
While concerns that artificial intelligence will reduce office demand persist, recent market data reveals a more complex reality. The prevailing concern is that AI-driven automation could reduce white-collar employment and office space requirements. Yet, Seoul’s Grade A office market lacks evidence of this impact.…
Seoul's real estate registration filings for collective buildings fell 18.7% year-on-year to 79,220 in July, with Seocho-gu declining most and Gangbuk-gu and Dobong-gu rising.
Owners of Seoul's ultra-high-end homes worth over 5 billion won see no reason to sell despite Korea's real estate tax reform, betting on holding out amid loan restrictions.
Apartment prices in Seoul's Nowon-gu and Seongbuk-gu surged over seven to ten times year-on-year as anxious buyers flooded in, exposing weak trust in government housing supply plans.
Seoul apartment sales hit a yearly low of 5,065 in June as tax reform looms, with July land permit applications down 14.7% and housing affordability burden at a 3-year high.
A median-income Seoul household earning 5 million won a month must spend 46% of income on loan repayments to buy a home, as the housing affordability index hit a three-year high of 179.3.
Seoul's Housing Affordability Index hit 179.3 in Q1, the highest in over three years, meaning median-income households must spend about 46% of monthly income on home loan repayments.
Korea's government plans to develop key public sites in Seocho and Yeouido, plus vacant school lots, and revive urban complex projects to expand Seoul housing supply.
Korea's government plans to include the Seoul Regional Procurement Office, an LH Yeouido site, and closed school sites like Cheongdam High School in upcoming housing supply measures.
Korea's land prices rose 1.22% in the first half of 2026, with Seoul the only region to beat the national average at 2.32%, according to MOLIT and the Korea Real Estate Board.
Apartment price gains are cooling in Dongtan and Yeongtong but spreading to Bundang (0.58%) and Suji (0.50%) in southern Gyeonggi, per Korea Real Estate Board data for the third week of July.
70 Seoul redevelopment zones remain stalled despite receiving management and disposal plan approval, as construction cost disputes and low profitability slow groundbreaking across the city.
Breaking into Seoul's top 1% apartment market requires at least 4.65 billion won, about 2.5 times Gyeonggi's threshold, highlighting a stark gap in Korea's ultra-high-end housing market.
Seoul will apply general FAR and building coverage standards to closed school sites developed into public, cultural, or sports facilities, easing rules and boosting housing supply capacity.
This is a market report on the data center sector in Seoul, South Korea, published by Cushman & Wakefield in March 2026.
This is a retail market report published by Cushman & Wakefield in December 2025 covering the high street retail sector in Seoul, South Korea.
This is an outlook and forecast report published by JLL on February 19, 2025, covering the hotel investment market in South Korea for the 2025-2026 period, with geographic focus on Seoul and the broader South Korea and Asia-Pacific regions.