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Seoul rentals, explained for foreigners

Find a home in Seoul.
Know the real price before you sign.

Search by neighborhood, budget and housing type. Compare recent signed rents, estimate your legal brokerage-fee ceiling, and understand Korean contracts in one place.

✓ English-first ✓ Official transaction data ✓ Seoul brokerage rules
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Use Compare recent contracts to jump from a neighborhood to official signed-rent data for its district. Current listings will be added separately so asking prices and signed prices never get mixed together.
Real Prices

Recent signed rents — not asking prices.

Compare what a broker or listing asks with what tenants recently signed for in the same district. Data below comes from official Ministry of Land rental transactions.

RENT CHECK

Got a quote from an agent? Check it.

Compare the rent you were quoted with similar recent official signed contracts in the same district.

MOLIT COMPARABLES
Enter the quote you received to compare it with recent signed contracts.
Recent signed rents Official MOLIT rental transaction data
OFFICIAL DATA
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Building Type Size Deposit Monthly rent Contract date
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Brokerage & move-in calculator

The fee foreigners usually don’t know.

Enter your deposit and monthly rent. We convert the rental value, apply the Seoul brokerage-fee ceiling, and separate one-time move-in cash from monthly recurring costs.

Property rule Choose the rule that matches the contract
Converted transaction value ₩110,000,000 Deposit + monthly rent × 100
Applicable maximum rate 0.3% Seoul rental brokerage ceiling
Maximum brokerage fee ₩330,000 Negotiated at or below this ceiling; VAT may be separate.
Estimated move-in cash ₩11,330,000 Deposit + first month rent + brokerage ceiling + optional one-time costs.
Monthly recurring cost ₩1,100,000 Monthly rent + maintenance fee. Maintenance is not counted as move-in cash.
For monthly-rent contracts, the brokerage transaction value is deposit + monthly rent × 100; if that total is below ₩50M, deposit + monthly rent × 70 is used instead. Housing fee ceilings follow Seoul’s published rental schedule. Qualifying residential officetels use a 0.4% rental ceiling. Actual brokerage fees are negotiated within the ceiling.
Renting in Korea

Know the system before you sign.

01

Wolse explained

Understand monthly rent, deposits, maintenance fees and common payment structures.

02

Jeonse explained

Learn how Korea’s large-deposit rental system works and why contract checks matter.

03

Before you sign

Use a foreigner-friendly checklist for the building, landlord, registry and contract.