Unpopular apartments
A real estate agent’s office in Seoul displays signs for homes for rent and for sale on Wednesday. According to the Korea Real Estate Board, sales of apartments last year stood at 298,581, accounting for 58.7 percent of the total number of homes sold, which is a record low since 2006 when related statistics started to be compiled. [YONHAP]
BY SEO JI-EUN [seo.jieun1@joongang.co.kr]