A Shadow Cast Over the Korean Rental Housing Market Greetings from SPI editor Koh Byung-ki. This is the weekly commentary for the first week of September. Here, I will share notable stories from the South Korean commercial real estate market over the past week. The most talked-about news in the South Korean commercial real estate market last week was the ‘September 7 Real Estate Policy’ announced by the Lee Jae-myung government newly elected this past June. The government has decided to limit loans for housing sales and rental businesses secured by housing in the Seoul metro area and specially regulated areas to an LTV of 0%. Accordingly, it […]