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Latest · Brief2026.09.29
Where Seoul's foreign visitors go — and where the growth is
Seoul's flexible-living rooms sell into foreign visitor demand that is concentrated in five districts but growing fastest outside them. Set against the institutional stock and its operators, the visitor data point to one district where demand is rising steeply and operators are few. The data say nothing about occupancy.
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The case for the sector, argued from Remarble Earth's record.
Why now, why Living?
Brokers and fund managers with different mandates each put APAC living among the sectors to favour in their 2026 outlooks. Four established theories of the city explain why, and the source of capital splits one label into four markets.
APAC · 2026.09.24 · 7 min
Demand, supply, capital
More households in a shrinking city, permits for small units down 75.9% since 2021, and a deposit-based tenure turning into monthly rent. Together they are opening Seoul's rental market to operators and foreign capital.
Demand · 2026.09.24 · 6 min
The macro holds. The policy doesn't.
The won is under pressure and household debt is high, but exports hold the line. The binding constraint is policy: rules written to curb speculators also catch corporate landlords.
Macro & policy · 2026.09.24 · 6 min
How capital gets into Seoul's living sector
The buy-build-lease model is difficult to run in Seoul today. Four routes work around it. Each starts from a signal in the data and is run by an operator already established in its segment.
Co-living · 2026.09.24 · 5 min
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Where Seoul's foreign visitors go — and where the growth is
Seoul's flexible-living rooms sell into foreign visitor demand that is concentrated in five districts but growing fastest outside them. Set against the institutional stock and its operators, the visitor data point to one district where demand is rising steeply and operators are few. The data say nothing about occupancy.
Demand · 2026.09.29 · 8 min
Mapping Seoul's institutional living stock
122 operator-run assets, 19 operators tracked, and a concentration pattern in which only 6 run seven assets or more.
Operators · 2026.09.18 · 6 min
Priced out of buying: Seoul's rent gap in global context
Seoul has the 4th-highest price-to-income ratio among 12 global cities and the lowest rent-to-income ratio in the set. Together they suggest rents have room to rise.
Rents & affordability · 2026.09.11 · 5 min
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The Seoul Living Brief
One data-led brief on Seoul living, every other Friday.
Written for institutional investors, family offices and operators across APAC. No news round-ups — one structural question per issue, with the data behind it.