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Why Are There So Many Real Estate Offices in Korea?

November 5, 2026 by WHY KOREANS ARE
A row of small real estate agency storefronts with paper listings in the windows at the base of a Korean apartment complex

Why are there so many real estate offices in Korea? Agent duties, capped fees and a licence held by 550,000 people explain it, and the glut is now shrinking.

Categories Money Tags brokerage fees, budongsan, jeonse, Korean housing, real estate agents Leave a comment
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