{"id":160940,"date":"2025-09-14T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T02:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/south-koreas-ban-on-foreign-homebuyers-to-cool-seoul-prices-chinese-spending\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T09:01:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T02:01:05","slug":"south-koreas-ban-on-foreign-homebuyers-to-cool-seoul-prices-chinese-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/south-koreas-ban-on-foreign-homebuyers-to-cool-seoul-prices-chinese-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s ban on foreign homebuyers to cool Seoul prices, Chinese spending"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSouth Korea\u2019s new restrictions on foreign homebuyers are likely to cool housing prices in Seoul and neighbouring cities, according to property agents, following a surge in the number of buyers from mainland China and Hong Kong who bought homes in the middle and high-end segments of the market.
\nHongkongers and mainland Chinese had acquired 96,955 properties in South Korea as of May, a 78.5 per cent increase from the 54,320 real estate assets that they owned in 2020, according to a report by The…
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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