[경제]’1020′ to buy apartments in Seoul… Concerns about the inheritance of wealth

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The proportion of apartment purchases in Seoul for people in their 20s or younger reached an all-time high.

It is highly likely that they took advantage of the so-called ‘parent chance’.

It is pointed out that the surge in house prices is fueling the polarization of wealth.

Reporter Cho Tae-hyun reports.

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The average price of an apartment in Seoul, which was a little over 600 million won before the Moon Jae-in administration,

However, in just a year and a half, it went up to 200 million won, and now it is over 1.1 billion won.

The constantly rising real estate prices encourage so-called ‘panic buying’, which is also the background that overshadows the government’s warning of successive highs.

[홍남기 / 부총리 겸 기획재정부 장관 (지난달 28일) : 주택가격의 수준과 적정성을 측정하는 지표들이 최고수준에 근접했거나 이미 넘어서고 있다는 점입니다.]

In addition to house prices, as jeonse prices skyrocketed after the enactment of the rental law, even people in their 20s or younger are participating in the purchase of apartments.

In June, about 4,000 apartments were traded in Seoul, of which 233 were in their teens and 20s.

The proportion was 5.5%, the highest since the related statistics were compiled.

The proportion of apartment purchases in Seoul for people in their 20s or younger slowed down a bit earlier this year, but in May and June, they hit an all-time high for two months in a row.

[박원갑 / KB국민은행 부동산 수석전문위원 : 집값이 더 오를지 모른다는 불안감이 여전한 데다가, 사전청약도 소득이나 자산 요건을 충족하지 못하는 일부 젊은 층은 여전히 기존 주택 시장에 관심이 있는 것으로 분석합니다.]

The problem is that it is difficult for young people with low income or assets to buy an apartment in Seoul only with financial loans that have already become stricter.

This means that parental support is essential.

It is said that various expedients are also mobilized in the process of helping children purchase an apartment.

This is the background of concerns that the unstoppable rise in house prices is fueling the polarization caused by the inheritance of wealth.

In order to reduce the side effects, there is a growing demand for the fire in the real estate market to be put out as soon as possible by strengthening monitoring of various illegal activities and providing reliable supply measures.

This is YTN Cho Tae-hyun.

YTN Cho Tae-hyun (choth@ytn.co.kr)

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