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  "id": 825452,
  "title": "The number of applications for housing demolition permission, or \"tocheo\" in Korean, for Seoul apartment buildings has been decreasing for three consecutive months.\n\nThis trend is also reflected in the slowing down of rising apartment prices in Seoul.\n\nAccording to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the number of tocheo applications received from January to March this year was 6,337.\n\nThis represents a 32.7% decrease compared to the 9,421 applications received during the same period last year.\n\nCompared to the monthly figures, January saw 2,568 applications, February 2,091, and March 1,678.\n\nThe number of applications has been decreasing for three consecutive months since January.\n\nThe decrease in tocheo applications is also reflected in the slowing down of rising apartment prices in Seoul.\n\nAccording to the Korea Real Estate Board, the average price of apartments in Seoul rose 0.38% in March.\n\nThis is a decrease from the 0.45% increase in February and the 0.83% increase in January.\n\nExperts say that the decrease in tocheo applications and the slowing down of rising apartment prices are due to the government's measures to control the real estate market.\n\nThe government has been implementing various measures to cool down the real estate market, including increasing the down payment ratio and tightening lending regulations.\n\nAs a result, experts predict that the real estate market will continue to slow down in the coming months.\n\nHowever, some experts also note that the decrease in tocheo applications may not necessarily mean that the real estate market is slowing down.\n\nThey argue that the decrease in applications may be due to the fact that many developers are choosing to delay their projects until the government's policies become clearer.\n\nIn any case, the trend of decreasing tocheo applications and slowing down of rising apartment prices is expected to continue in the coming months.\n\nThe government will continue to monitor the real estate market and implement measures to ensure that it remains stable.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/3-825452",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T23:48:52.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/area/capital/1272909.html"
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