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Housing bond purchase rate on a property transfer

13 – 31 per 1,000, by value and regionper 1,000 of the published assessed value

Six bands, and outside the lowest one the rate also splits by region — so the same home costs a different bond obligation in Seoul than elsewhere. It is calculated on the published assessed value, not on the price paid, and the band is set by each buyer's share where a property is bought jointly.

Applies to
Registration of ownership transfer or preservation for housing. Land and other property run on separate schedules.
Review cadence
Checked once a year

What we have recorded

  1. 2026-09-01
    13 – 31 per 1,000, by value and region

    Metropolitan / elsewhere: ₩20M–50M 13 (no split); ₩50M–100M 19 / 14; ₩100M–160M 21 / 16; ₩160M–260M 23 / 18; ₩260M–600M 26 / 21; ₩600M and above 31 / 26.

    Housing and Urban Fund Act Enforcement Decree, via the 2026 National Housing Bond practice manual

One reading so far. This becomes a history the first time the figure moves while we are watching — which is the part that cannot be reconstructed later.

Guides that depend on this figure

When this figure moves, every guide above needs the same edit. That is why it is tracked here rather than copied into each one.