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Seoul apartment prices rose to the highest in a year and a half. The government and the ruling party have made promises to increase housing supply, but prices have not stopped rising.



Reporter Im Tae-woo reports.



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second week of June, apartment prices in Seoul rose 0.12%, also higher than the previous week.



It is the highest level in 1 year and 6 months, leading the increase in the 3 districts of Nowon and Gangnam, where reconstruction is expected.



The metropolitan area also rose 0.34%, the highest record since the count began in May 2012.



Dongan-gu, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, where the opening of the train and various developments are mixed, recorded the highest growth rate in the country, and the apartment complex you see behind me has seen an actual transaction price of nearly 300 million won in the past year.



Lockdowns and concerns over supply disruptions are the main factors contributing to the rise.



Since the 1st, when the property tax was confirmed, tax-saving properties for multi-homeowners have disappeared, and as the buying sentiment is revived, the houses they put out are also being collected.



[Authorized Broker: There are a lot of requests for purchase, but there are also a lot of properties that are actually listed.]



On the other hand, the development of an idle site for the government complex in Gwacheon, which was part of the 8/4 measures, was withdrawn due to protests from residents, and the Yongsan military base in Seoul and the site of Taereung Golf Course Development is also struggling to persuade residents.



[Kang Jong-hwan/Signature activist against the development of Taereung Golf Course: Let's pass it on to our descendants instead of deciding what natural heritage to pass on to our descendants...

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government has reiterated its policy of expanding supply.



The plan is to exempt landowners and implementers participating in the 2/4 measures, and to promote existing projects such as Taereung Golf Course without wavering.




[Hongnamgi / Deputy Prime Minister: possible end-normal levels of occupancy amount secured by, and especially since 2022 next year, there will be a supply expansion effects may be more perceived]



but initially jugetdaneun cut to be taxes or public enforcement methods to do It cannot be an inducement, and it is pointed out that it is difficult to calm the anxiety in the market with only promises without clear results on housing supply.



(Video coverage: Kang Dong-cheol, video editing: Kim Seon-tak, VJ: Jung Min-goo)