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Last month, house prices in the metropolitan area jumped the most in 13 years. Despite the government's warning that house prices are at a peak, apartment prices continue to soar. In particular, the price of small and medium-sized apartments visited by newlyweds and low-income families rose the most.
This is reporter Hyung-woo Hyung.
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Last month, house sales in Seoul showed the highest rate of increase in a year.
The metropolitan area rose 1.17 percent, the largest increase in 13 years since 2008.
In Seoul, prices have risen mainly in areas where maintenance and reconstruction are being promoted, such as Nowon-gu and Seocho-gu.
Most of the apartments, regardless of the size of the house, rose in price, in particular, the price of a 40-60 sqm apartment with one or two rooms showed the largest increase at 1.46%.
The burden on newlyweds and low-income families who mainly look for small and medium-sized apartments has increased that much.
Small one-room apartments with one living room and one room also broke new record prices.
The average transaction price of a small apartment in Seoul this year is 347 million won and 661 million won in Gangnam-gu.
[Ham Young-jin/Director of Big Data Lab: For the time being, low-mid-range areas, planned transportation network expansion sites, and 3rd new towns in the metropolitan area will continue to lead the rise.]
Seoul’s jeonse prices also show a shortage of properties due to the promotion of maintenance projects and the moving season for vacation. The upward trend continued.
The government plans to release new housing sites following the 2.4 supply measures that were suspended after the suspicion of LH speculation as early as this month.
However, house prices in Seoul have only faltered for a while even after the government announces housing supply measures such as last year's 8.4 measures and this year's 2.4 measures.
(Video editing: Kim Seon-tak)