Foreign-owned homes top 108,000; Chinese nationals hold more than half

Foreigners owned more than 108,000 homes in South Korea at the end of 2025, with Chinese nationals accounting for more than half of all foreign-owned properties, government data showed Friday.

According to statistics released by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, foreign nationals owned 108,231 homes in Korea as of Dec.

31, 2025, up 8 percent from 100,216 last year.

Foreign-owned homes accounted for 0.55 percent of the country's 19.65 million housing units.

Chinese nationals own ...