Apartment: Difference between revisions

As of 2019, a majority of Koreans live in apartments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=인구총조사 {{!}} 통계청 |trans-title=the census {{!}} National Statistical Office |url=https://kostat.go.kr/portal/korea/kor_nw/1/2/2/index.board?bmode=read&aSeq=384690&pageNo=&rowNum=10&amSeq=&sTarget=&sTxt= |access-date=2022-11-25 |publisher=kostat.go.kr}}</ref> Since the 1980s, the number of apartment residents has soared, and as the number of apartments has steadily increased, apartments have become a representative form of residence where more than half of the Korean population resides.

It is the most common house in small and medium-sized cities in Korea, and even these days, apartments are quite visible in rural areas such as remote areas. This is because small and medium-sized construction companies have technology, but they lack the capital to build large complexes in large cities. The better the location, the more expensive the apartment is, and the more expensive the apartment complex built by a large construction company<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-28 |script-title=ko:[2021아파트브랜드대상] 브랜드의 차이가 집값을 가른다 |trans-title=The difference in the brand determines the price of the house |url=https://www.asiae.co.kr/article/2021052811311363140 |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=아시아경제 |language=ko}}</ref> and with a large number of households. Also, even the same type of flat in the same complex is not all of the same price. Due to problems such as the right to sunlight and prospects, the low-rise households on the first and third floors are generally the cheapest, and the higher they go, the more expensive they become.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-04-27 |script-title=ko:같은 동·같은 평형인데…1층부터 9층까지 분양가 다 다르네 |trans-title=It's the same equilibrium, but...From the 1st to the 9th floors, the prices are all different |url=https://www.hankyung.com/realestate/article/2016042785871 |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=한경닷컴 |language=ko}}</ref> In addition, the price varies depending on other conditions such as the viewing area and the direction of the house, such as south, east, west, and north. The upper floors with a south-facing view are the most expensive. Apartment sales and lease prices are actually the largest and most stable assets owned by a middle-class family in Korea, symbolizing the social status of a family, which forms a class and determines life satisfaction. For this reason, the Korean people have no choice but to react very sensitively to apartment prices.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-07-25 |script-title=ko:[경제신문은 내친구] 한국은 왜 아파트공화국이 됐나요 |trans-title=Why did Korea become an apartment republic? |url=https://www.mk.co.kr/news/society/5247363 |access-date=2022-11-25 |website=매일경제 |language=ko}}</ref>