South Korea has raised the cap on household-debt growth and pledged to supply more than 230,000 homes in the Seoul metropolitan area, including 100,000 units in newly designated zones. The addition sits atop an existing target of 1.35 mln housing starts in the Seoul metro for 2026-2030 and further intensifies supply-side measures first announced in September, after a prolonged construction-sector slowdown tightened new-home supply, contributed to rising prices and worsened affordability for youn

South Korea has raised the cap on household-debt growth and pledged to supply more than 230,000 homes in the Seoul metropolitan area, including 100,000 units in newly designated zones. The addition sits atop an existing target of 1.35 mln housing starts in the Seoul metro for 2026-2030 and further intensifies supply-side measures first announced in September, after a prolonged construction-sector slowdown tightened new-home supply, contributed to rising prices and worsened affordability for younger households.