Taxes are not a tool for controlling housing prices (KOR) As Lee Jae Myung signaled higher real estate taxes, critics warned that Korea could repeat enacting policies that squeezed supply, raised rents and ultimately failed to tame home prices. 2026.6.26
Taxes are not a tool for controlling housing prices As Lee Jae Myung signaled higher real estate taxes, critics warned that Korea could repeat enacting policies that squeezed supply, raised rents and ultimately failed to tame home prices. 2026.6.25
Bills, bills, bills A person looks at a bill for the comprehensive real estate holding tax on Monday, which was sent starting the same day. 2022.11.21
Tax incoming This year, the number of people that are expected to receive their bill on the comprehensive real estate holding tax is estimated close to 950,000, up 42 percent year-on-year. The amount they collectively owe increased 216 percent to 5.7 trillion won 2021.11.23
![A person looks at a bill for the comprehensive real estate holding tax on Monday, which was sent starting the same day. An estimated 1.2 million people will be getting bills this year for the comprehensive real estate holding tax, which is the first time more than 1 million people have been charged.[YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11101966.jpg?imageId=11101966&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A post office employee in a Gangnam District branch in southern Seoul is sorting out tax bills for homeowners that are to be delivered on Wednesday. This year, the number of people that are expected to receive their bill on the comprehensive real estate holding tax is estimated close to 950,000, up 42 percent year-on-year. The amount they collectively owe increased 216 percent to 5.7 trillion won ($4.8 billion). [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11399724.jpg?imageId=11399724&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)