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Seoul Apartment Sale Prices Fell 2.5% as Rental Deposits Rose 3.8%
In the third quarter of 2026, Seoul apartment sale prices fell 2.5% compared with the same period a year earlier.
The figures cover apartments of 84 square metres across the city’s 25 districts.
Average sale prices were 1.279 billion won, while average deposits for rentals were 728.05 million won.
Rental deposits rose 3.8% year on year, even as sale prices declined.
The fall in the average sale price was linked to fewer transactions in districts where prices were above the city average.
Those districts’ share of sales dropped from 43.5% to 31.5%, which shifted the overall average.
The figures show that buying and renting costs moved in different directions, but no next step was given.
Seoul apartment sale prices fell 2.5% year on year in the third quarter of 2026, while average rental deposits rose 3.8%.
The average sale price for an 84-square-metre apartment was 1.27949 billion won, and the average rental deposit was 728.05 million won.
The figures came from an analysis by real estate platform Dabang of government transaction data across Seoul’s 25 districts.
The sale-price decline was attributed partly to a smaller share of transactions in districts where prices were above the Seoul average.
Seocho District had the highest average sale price, while Gangnam District had the highest average rental deposit.
- Who
- Dabang, a real estate platform, analyzed the figures.
- What
- Seoul apartment sale prices fell 2.5% year on year, while average rental deposits rose 3.8%.
- When
- The figures cover the third quarter of 2026.
- Where
- Seoul, across its 25 districts.
- Why
- The sale-price decline was attributed partly to fewer transactions in districts with prices above the Seoul average. The source does not state why rental deposits rose.
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- Sale-price change
- Down 2.5% year on year in the third quarter of 2026
- Rental-deposit change
- Up 3.8% year on year in the third quarter of 2026
- Average sale price
- 1.27949 billion won
- Average rental deposit
- 728.05 million won
- Highest average sale price
- Seocho District, 2.92556 billion won
- Highest average rental deposit
- Gangnam District, 1.07543 billion won