An officetel is counted differently by each tax. Acquisition tax counts units bought on or after 12 August 2020; housing subscription treats small, low-value units as if you owned nothing at all.
Winning a unit in a speculative overheating district or a price-capped development locks the entire household out of new sales housing for 10 years. The October 15, 2025 designation of all of Seoul shifted that clock by five years.
Housing subscription points top out at 84, and the floor is 6 — not zero. Here is the full scoring table for the three categories, worked through four household scenarios.
Whether an officetel counts toward your housing tally depends on which tax is asking. Acquisition tax counts only units bought after August 12, 2020; capital gains tax counts any unit actually lived in; housing subscription counts none of them.
The saengae-choecho (first-time buyer) allocation is a lottery, not a points race. Instead the gate sits on income: 130% of the urban worker average for national housing, 160% for private units.
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 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.