Real Estate 114 'Issue R Report'

About 19,178 units set to move in nationwide in October

Greater Seoul area: 11,237 units; regional areas: 7,941 units

Apartment complexes in the Gangnam and Seocho areas as seen from Namsan Park in Jung-gu, Seoul. (Yoon Chang-bin/The Korea Herald)
Apartment complexes in the Gangnam and Seocho areas as seen from Namsan Park in Jung-gu, Seoul. (Yoon Chang-bin/The Korea Herald)

About 5,700 apartments are set to welcome new residents in Seoul next month, including Raemian Leventus in Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu — the highest monthly move-in volume in the country.

Real Estate 114 said Monday that a total of 19,178 units across 41 complexes nationwide are scheduled for move-in in October this year, including rental units. In the greater Seoul metropolitan area, 11,237 units will be handed over — more than triple the 3,485 units recorded in the same period last year. Move-ins in regional areas, however, are expected to fall by about half compared to the same period last year, to 7,941 units.

Monthly apartment move-in (scheduled) volume trends. (Real Estate 114)
Monthly apartment move-in (scheduled) volume trends. (Real Estate 114)

In Seoul, 5,703 units across 10 complexes will open their doors — the highest monthly supply volume on record. The lineup includes redevelopment and reconstruction project complexes: Hillstate Mediallee in Daejo-dong, Eunpyeong-gu (2,451 units), Hillstate Deungchon Station in Deungchon-dong, Gangseo-gu (543 units) and Raemian Leventus in Dogok-dong, Gangnam-gu (308 units). More than 2,100 public rental units, including Happy Housing and Youth Safe Housing apartments, are also set to move in.

A large move-in volume can increase the supply of jeonse and monthly rent listings. Even so, with Seoul's jeonse shortage already severe amid rising sale prices, a meaningful stabilization in rental prices will be difficult to achieve.

"In some areas where move-in volumes are increasing, the new supply is expected to act as a welcome relief for the lease market," a Real Estate 114 official said. "But there are limits to how much it can ease price volatility and supply-demand anxiety across all of Seoul's jeonse and monthly rent market."

In Gyeonggi Province, move-in volume will drop by more than a third compared to the previous month, falling from 5,851 units to 3,700 units, a decline of 36.7 percent. The total of 3,700 units includes small-scale redevelopment complexes of fewer than 300 units in Gogang-dong, Ojeong-dong and Wonjong-dong in Ojeong-gu, Bucheon. In Incheon, two complexes totaling 1,834 units will receive new residents: Singeomdan Jungang Station Centreville in Bullo-dong, Geomdan-gu (1,224 units) and Geomdan Lake Park Station Punggyeongchae Urbanity (610 units).

In regional areas, 7,941 units are scheduled for move-in. By region, the breakdown is South Jeolla Province (3,365 units), Gwangju (1,588 units), Daejeon (749 units) and Daegu (729 units). Major complexes include Cheomdan Jeil Punggyeongchae Grand Foret in Jinwon-myeon, Jangseong-gun, South Jeolla Province (1,845 units), Hillstate Cheomdan Central (1,520 units), Wipark Ilgok Park in Samgak-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju (1,004 units) and e-Convenience World Seodaejeon Station Centro in Munhwa-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon (749 units).


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