With housing prices soaring recently and housing prices becoming too high for the working class to handle, the government is expected to implement stricter regulations on real estate taxes starting with heavy capital gains taxes for multiple homeowner...
With housing prices soaring recently and housing prices becoming too high for the working class to handle, the government is expected to implement stricter regulations on real estate taxes starting with heavy capital gains taxes for multiple homeowners to stabilize housing prices by curbing investment demand. The stricter regulations on capital gains taxes were implemented for the purpose of ultimately stabilizing the housing market through the social change in perception that housing is no longer an investment target and through the transfer of non-residential housing by multiple occupants.
However, contrary to this policy intent, tightening regulations on capital gains tax could have a lock-in effect, a phenomenon that delays sales. The review of the possibility that housing transfers through gift rather than trade will further reduce the housing market supply, resulting in a negative situation such as a rise in housing prices.
Against this backdrop, this study analyzed the impact of strengthened regulations on transfer income tax on the volume of sales and the proportion of sales and gift transactions in the housing market, while conducting an empirical analysis of the volatility of housing prices.
The main results of this study are as follows: First, the amount of apartment sales in three Gangnam districts decreased due to the tightened regulations on capital gains tax, but was not statistically significant. Second, the change in apartment prices in three Gangnam districts has been shown to rise significantly due to stricter regulations on capital gains tax. Third, the portion of gift transactions for apartment sales in three Gangnam districts in Seoul, has increased due to stricter regulations on capital gains tax.
Collecting the above discussions, strengthening regulations on capital gains is feared to have a significant negative impact on the market as well as the expected effects of the policy, and an increase in housing transactions through gift rather than through sale may have the opposite effect of the policy's effectiveness.
Therefore, it is judged that it will be effective to achieve stabilization of the housing market if the tax policy is used as a means of stabilizing the housing market, as well as to implement consistent policies and predict other ripple effects.