South Korea: News Archive

FEBRUARY 2008

• Overhaul of Korean property tax called for - Cityscape MIS
• Asia Pacific property digest (pdf - requires free registration) - Jones Lang LaSalle

DECEMBER 2007

• Default Risk Growing for Homeowners - The Korea Times
• Real estate market emerges as top issue in South Korean election - IHT
• Home Prices in South Korea Stalling at a High Point - The New York Times

SEPTEMBER 2007

• Global Credit Crunch Hitting Korea - Chosunilbo
• Bank of Korea keeps interest rates on hold at 5.0 pct as expected-UPDATE2 - Forbes

AUGUST 2007

• Bank of Korea Raises Key Interest Rate - Forbes

JULY 2007

• Bank of Korea mulling new benchmark interest rate - Forbes.com
• S. Korea’s central bank boosts key rate by 25 bps for July - The Hankyoreh
• Mortgage loans on decline in S.Korea - The Hankyoreh

JUNE 2007

• Civic group campaigns to lower household costs - The Hankyoreh
• OECD Says Gov’t Should Deregulate Real Estate - Chosun Nilbo

MAY 2007

• Nuclear impasse hangs over two Korea’s talks - Inside World

APRIL 2007

• Key Interest Rate Likely to Stay at 4.5% for Apri - Chosun Ilbo

MARCH 2007

• Property Tax Emerges as Campaign Issue - The Korea Times
• OECD Criticizes Korean Housing Policies - Dong-A llbo

FEBRUARY 2007

• Seoul to boost housing supply, new city projects - Korea Herald

JANUARY 2007

• S. Korea to boost rental housing supply, set up property fund - Yonhap News
• Investor appetite growing for overseas real estate - The Korea Herald
• S Korea to encourage investment abroad - Financial Times
• S. Korea Strengthens Curbs to Cool House-Price Gains (Update2) - Bloomberg
• South Korean central bank keeps interest rates steady as it watches the hot housing market - IHT
• Real Estate Policy Tensions Intensify - The Dong-A
• Seoul to Lower Home Prices by 20% - The Korea Times
• S Korea lowers bar on overseas investing - FT.com

DECEMBER 2006

• Foreign real estate buyers to face fewer limitations - JoongAng Daily
• Koreans Allowed to Invest $3 Mil. in Overseas Property - The Korea Times
• Property market faces corrections in 2008 - The Korea Herald

NOVEMBER 2006

• S. Korea considering housing price caps - The Washington Times
• Interest rate hike expected amid housing boom - The Hankyoreh
• Seoul unveils another set of measures to cool housing prices - The Hankyoreh

SEPTEMBER 2006

• Homeowners not selling as prices rise - English DongA
• 600M price standard irks homeowners - English DongA
• Housing loan maturities get longer - Korea Times

AUGUST 2006

• (2nd LD) S. Korea current account swings to deficit in July - Yonhap News
• Household loan rate hits 25-month high - Korea Times
• Ministry reveals apartment price data - English DongA
• Are Housing Prices Coming Down Finally? - Korea Times
• South Korea to ease property sales taxes - IHT

JULY 2006

• Viewpoint: Solving the Korean puzzle - IHT
• Spending slowdown cools South Korean economy - IHT
• Weak foundations in South Korea - IHT

JUNE 2006

• Embattled Uri Party to review property taxes - Korea Times
• Investing: South Korea turns cold to foreign investment - IHT
• Prices send real estate taxes higher - English DongA

MAY 2006

• Korea faces struggle with property bubble - Korea Times
• Around Asia’s markets: Land plan in Seoul burnishes builders - IHT

MARCH 2006

• Real estate tax could triple this year - English DongA

FEBRUARY 2006

• Detached house prices end year higher - English DongA

DECEMBER 2005

• Apartment prices surge by 10% this year - Korea Times

SEPTEMBER 2005

• Knocking prices down to earth - IHT
• South Korea hardens tax stance - IHT
• An End to Real Estate Speculation - English DongA

JULY 2005

• South Korea keeps rates at a record low - IHT