{
  "id": 4577522,
  "title": "President Lee Orders System to Prepare for Housing Market Crash",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/president-lee-orders-system-to-prepare-for-housing-market-crash",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-31T05:34:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BusinessKorea",
    "slug": "businesskorea",
    "url": "https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=275852"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Lee Jae-myung has ordered the government to prepare safeguards against a potential sharp decline in home prices due to increased housing supply and curbed speculative demand. The government plans to purchase homes in bulk when prices fall below a certain level and use them as public housing to help cushion the impact on the market. Lee emphasized the need for caution amid rising interest rates and deteriorating financial indicators, urging real estate investors to monitor trends in auction clearance rates and mortgage delinquencies.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}