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government has decided to lift many of the regulations for multi-homed people, such as acquisition tax and transfer tax.
Expectations are gradually being detected for measures to revive the contracting real estate market, but there are many prospects that it will be difficult to be effective right away.
This is reporter Nam Jung-min.
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After the government announced that it would lift real estate regulations, inquiries from brokerages in major areas of Seoul increased somewhat.
[Jae-woo Koo/Realtor (Songpa-gu): 'I want to buy, but I'll keep an eye on it'.
There are many people who think it will fall further.]
Some interest is also detected in increasing benefits to multi-homed people and rental operators.
[Certified Real Estate Agent (Mapo-gu): Even though I own one, there are people who want to invest in something with extra money.
I think the rental company does it too...
.]
However, it does not lead to actual transactions.
[Certified Real Estate Agent (Gangnam-gu): It's not a rushed atmosphere.
The interest rate problem is still the biggest psychological factor, and it seems to remain a burden...
.]
This is because the aftermath of high interest rates still has a greater impact than the effect of deregulation.
Further price declines are expected due to the economic downturn, so it will take longer for trading to recover.
[Im Byeong-cheol/Real Estate R114 Research Team Leader: The interest burden is the same for multi-homed people.
I have to think about whether the actual house price is at a low point, and there will be a low-priced purchase, but that's not the case.]
There is also a prospect that if multi-homed people with cash start buying in the second half of next year, it will help resolve urgent sales or unsold sales.
[Kim Hyo-sun/NH Nonghyup Bank Senior Real Estate Expert: When the time comes to breathe, I think this comprehensive, omnidirectional deregulation policy will be a part that can affect the market at once.]
Multi-homeowners rather than actual users or homeless people There are also concerns that measures focused on activating trading will stimulate speculative demand in the future.
In particular, if buying is focused on popular areas where it is easy to defend housing prices, market polarization may become severe, so supplementary measures are needed.
(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Choi Hye-ran)