S Korea home prices rise for fifth straight month
Jan data up as low prices, cheap loans draw buyers back
[SEOUL] South Korean house prices rose for a fifth straight month in January, as consumers' growing confidence in Asia's fourth-largest economy nourished a recovery from the longest sequence of price declines on record. The property market is still below levels seen six years ago when the market slumped after the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, according to real estate agents.
But data released yesterday by Kookmin Bank, the country's top mortgage lender, showed house prices rose 0.…
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