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the general real estate tax is expected to jump sharply this year, there are concerns that landlords who have rented out may hand over the increase in property taxes to tenants. Contrary to the purpose of the policy, there are many voices calling for measures to stimulate the cheonsei market.



Correspondent Jo Ki-ho.



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house prices rise, the publicly announced price rises by nearly 20% compared to last year, and the comprehensive real estate tax rate for multi-homeowners is also raised by up to two times, making the target audience nervous.



[Subject to taxation (Yangcheon-gu, Seoul): In our age group, it was difficult to pay taxes because we lived with a small amount of income. I'm barely living on a pension or something like that... .]



As a result, some landlords are trying to respond by raising the tenant's deposit or monthly rent.



[Multi-family homeowner (Yangcheon-gu, Seoul): I am paying interest as much as the monthly rent, but if the tax comes out a lot, I am sorry to the tenants (we have no choice but to hand it over), but that's the only way for now... .]



In accordance with the monthly rent limit system that was implemented in July last year, lessors who have increased their rent by less than 5% once are not subject to the 5% rule when renewing their contract after July of next year.



Therefore, there are concerns that the tax increase may shift the burden on tenants in the form of raising monthly rents, rather than inducing multi-family properties to sell.



[Park Won-gap / Senior Real Estate Specialist, Kookmin Bank: The trend of landlords to turn the jeonse into monthly rent appears as the property tax and other holding taxes have increased and the low interest rates overlapped…

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fact, 37.8% of apartment contracts signed in Seoul in the second half of this year included even a little bit of monthly rent, an increase of nearly 10 percentage points compared to just before the enforcement of the 3rd Lease Act.



It is a side effect that is obviously expected, but there is no way to prevent it.



A bill to amend the Housing Lease Protection Act, which applies the upper limit of 5% to new contracts, has been proposed to the National Assembly, but detailed discussions have not started.



There are also many calls for additional measures to prevent damage to tenants, such as checking rental information by building information through the cheonsei rental report system and increasing long-term public rentals.



(Video editing: Lee Seung-yeol, VJ: Park Hyun-woo, CG: Shin So-young)