Housing market on fire last month
33% more units sold than August 2015


It wasn’t only hot weather-wise here in August, the housing market was sizzling last month.

According to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport… 1,020 housing units were sold in Jeju. That’s 33 percent more than in August 2015.

That growth was the second highest nationwide, following only Sejong City.

The number of new “jeonse” and monthly leases also rose 57 percent on-year… to some 540. That was the highest growth in the country.

지난달 주택 매매·전월세 거래 증가

지난달 도내 주택 거래량이 크게 증가한 것으로 나타났습니다.

국토교통부에 따르면 지난달 도내 주택 매매거래량은 1천 20여 건으로 지난해 같은 기간보다 33% 증가했습니다.

이같은 증가율은 세종시에 이어 전국에서 두번째로 높은 것 입니다.

전월세거래량은 지난해보다 57% 늘어난 540여 건으로 전국에서 가장 높은 증가율을 보이고 있습니다.