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Korea Real Estate Guide
Market data, legal guides, and weekly reports — everything a foreigner needs to navigate Korean real estate, in English.
⚠️ August 2025 Update: Foreigners now need government permission to buy residential property in Seoul. Read the full guide →
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🏠 Buying & Renting
Step-by-step guide to purchasing or renting property in Korea as a foreigner. Includes the 2025 permit requirement, jeonse vs wolse explained, taxes, and costs.
Read the guide →📋 Visa & Settlement
Visa types for property buyers, investment immigration, foreign exchange rules, tax overview, and a relocation checklist.
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Best neighborhoods in Seoul, international schools, healthcare, banking, transportation, and cultural tips for expats.
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March W4 2026 · 19 News Stories
Seoul Jeonse Listings Plunge 39% — “Jeonse Cliff” Becomes Reality
Non-Gangnam apartment prices approach 2 billion KRW. Large complexes report zero jeonse listings. Seongdong-gu turns downward. Plus 16 more stories analyzed for foreign buyers.
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Essential Reading
2026 Foreign Land Transaction Permit: What Every Buyer Must Know
Since August 2025, foreigners need government permission to buy residential property in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon. This guide covers the legal basis (with official English law text from KLRI), step-by-step permit process, penalties, and exemptions.
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This site is run by a licensed Korean attorney and certified real estate agent with 30 years of government experience. We created Korea Real Estate Guide because we saw a gap: there was no reliable, regularly-updated English source for Korean real estate information written by someone with actual legal credentials.
Every guide on this site cites official Korean law. Every weekly report references verified Korean news sources. We don’t guess — we read the statutes.
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