An 84㎡ Korean apartment is marketed as 34 pyeong because that figure is the supply area, not the exclusive area — 84㎡ converts to just 25.4 pyeong. Apartments and officetels use different area bases, so identical numbers hide very different living space.
Cheongyak points total 84: no-home period 32, dependents 35, account tenure 17. The no-home clock starts at age 30, and plugging three items into cases gives your real score.
Resale restrictions on apartment pre-sale rights run within a 10-year cap, split by region and type. Metro-area speculation zones and price-cap public land face 3 years, metro-city urban areas 6 months, and elsewhere none.
The monthly recognized contribution for housing subscription accounts rose to 250,000 KRW in November 2024. Based on the 14.93 million KRW average winning balance for public housing pre-applications, here is the gap in time-to-target between depositing 100,000 KRW and 250,000 KRW per month.
The 84-point cheongyak scoring structure looks simple, but application errors are common. The homelessness period start date, dependent count, and subscription account tenure are where most mistakes occur. A single error can turn a winning ballot into disqualification.
Yongsan redevelopment and Seoul's 2031 supply plan are converging in H2 2026. Yet transactions fell after the capital gains surcharge, wait-and-see sentiment deepened, and prosecutors are cracking down on speculation. This post lays out criteria for evaluating a cheongyak application.