A poll released on the 24th found more negative than positive views of the government's Oct. 15 real estate measures, which expand land transaction permit zones across the greater Seoul area and limit the mortgage loan loan limit.
Korea Gallup asked 1,000 people nationwide age 18 and older from the 21st to the 23rd for their views on the Oct. 15 real estate measures, and 37% said they were appropriate.
In contrast, 44% said they were not appropriate, and 19% said they did not know or refused to answer.
By ideological leaning, 57% of progressives said they were appropriate, and 67% of conservatives said they were not appropriate.
Among moderates, 37% said they were appropriate, and 42% said they were not appropriate.
Among respondents in their 30s, who include relatively many newlyweds and first-time buyers of dwellings, more than half (57%) said they were not appropriate. Those in their 30s who said they were appropriate came to 24%.
By contrast, among those in their 40s, respondents saying they were appropriate (53%) outnumbered those saying they were not appropriate (35%).
By region, in Seoul, 36% said they were appropriate, and 49% said they were not appropriate. In Gyeonggi and Incheon, 39% said they were appropriate, and 43% said they were not appropriate was found.
Regarding real estate holding taxes, one-third (33%) of all respondents said the current level should be maintained. Those saying it should be raised were 26%, and those saying it should be lowered were 27%, a narrow gap.
On the assertion to raise real estate holding taxes while lowering the acquisition tax and capital gains tax on profits from a real estate transaction, 54% supported and 27% opposed.
The survey was conducted through interviewer-administered phone interviews to randomly generated virtual mobile numbers. The margin of error is ±3.1 percentage points at a 95% confidence level, the contact rate is 43.9%, and the response rate is 12.3%.