2652세대 단지에 전세 1개…서울 아파트 평균 월세 160만원 넘어
One Jeonse Listing in a 2,652-Unit Complex as Seoul's Average Apartment Rent Tops 1.6 Million Won
Part of the August 20, 2026 daily edition
서울에서 전세로 나온 아파트를 찾기가 어려워지고 있습니다. 동대문구 답십리동의 2652세대 단지 ’래미안위브’에는 시장에 등록된 전세 물건이 단 1개, 월세 물건도 3개뿐입니다. 강동구 상일동의 ’고덕그라시움’은 4932세대인데도 전세 매물이 19개에 그쳤습니다. 한국부동산원 통계를 보면 지난 7월 서울 아파트 평균 월세는 사상 처음으로 160만원을 넘었고, 2017년 평균 89만원과 비교하면 두 배 가까이 올랐습니다. 정부가 살지 않는 집을 가진 1주택자의 세금 부담을 크게 높이자, 전세와 월세를 놓던 집주인들이 직접 살기로 방향을 바꾼 것이 원인으로 꼽힙니다.
Translation
It is becoming hard to find an apartment offered on a jeonse lease in Seoul. At Raemian Weve, a 2,652-household complex in Dapsimni-dong, Dongdaemun-gu, there is only 1 jeonse listing registered on the market, and just 3 monthly-rent listings. Godeok Gracium in Sangil-dong, Gangdong-gu has 4,932 households, yet the jeonse listings on the market came to only 19. According to figures from the Korea Real Estate Board, the average monthly rent for a Seoul apartment passed 1.6 million won in July for the first time ever, close to double the 890,000 won average of 2017. The reason given is that after the government sharply raised the tax burden on owners of a single home they do not live in, landlords who had been letting on jeonse and monthly rent switched to living there themselves.
Vocabulary
- 전세명사 (noun)jeonse, a lease paid as one large refundable deposit instead of monthly rent
- 월세명사 (noun)monthly rent
- 매물명사 (noun)a property listed for sale or lease
- 세대명사 (noun)household unit (used to count homes in a complex)
- 집주인명사 (noun)landlord, homeowner
- 부담명사 (noun)burden
- 통계명사 (noun)statistics
- 원인명사 (noun)cause
Grammar points
-아/어지다become ~, get ~er
Attached to an adjective stem, -아/어지다 turns a state into a change of state: 어렵다 ('be difficult') becomes 어려워지다 ('become difficult'). Combined with -고 있다 it describes a change still under way, which is what the article opens with: 어려워지고 있습니다 — 'it is becoming hard'.
Example: 요즘 날씨가 시원해지고 있습니다.
The weather is getting cooler these days.
-(으)ㄴ데도even though ~
-(으)ㄴ데도 marks a fact that would normally lead to a different outcome than the one that follows, so the result reads as unexpected. With a noun plus 이다 it becomes -인데도: 4932세대인데도 — 'even though it has 4,932 households', the listings still came to only 19.
Example: 값이 싼데도 사는 사람이 없습니다.
Even though it is cheap, no one buys it.
-자as soon as ~, upon ~ing
Attached to a verb stem, -자 says that the second event followed immediately once the first happened. It belongs to written Korean and is common in news when reporting a reaction to a policy: 세금 부담을 크게 높이자 … 방향을 바꾼 것 — 'once the tax burden was raised sharply, they switched course'. Do not confuse it with the -자 that means 'let's'.
Example: 값이 오르자 손님이 줄었습니다.
As soon as the price went up, customers fell off.
More in this edition
Policy
Beginner
도산대지급금 확대…20일부터 임금 6개월분까지
Korea Expands State-Paid Back Wages for Workers of Failed Companies to Six Months
Culture
Intermediate
청양 정산향교 청아루, 국가지정문화유산 보물 지정 예고
Cheongaru, the Gate Pavilion of Jeongsan Hyanggyo, Is Announced for Designation as a Treasure
Society
Advanced
경찰, 사건 문의 받으면 무조건 신고…10월 시행
Korean Police to Require Officers to Report Any Case Inquiry, Starting in October
Economy
Expert
원·달러 환율 1397.7원…11개월 만에 1300원대
Korean Won Closes at 1,397.7 to the Dollar, Back Under 1,400 After About 11 Months