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Recently, the actual price of apartments has jumped by 2-3 million won from the beginning of the year, and there are predictions that the real estate economy will bottom out and turn upward. However, what is important is the trading volume, which is still well below normal levels.

Reporter Lee Hye-mi contributed to this report.

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This is an apartment complex in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, which is
undergoing reconstruction.

The actual transaction price of a 2㎡ apartment with a dedicated area, which was below 15.66 billion won in February, has increased by about 2 million won in two months.

The actual transaction price of the 84㎡ apartment complex in Songpa-gu, Seoul, jumped from 19.22 billion won at the beginning of this year to close to 2.3 billion won last month.

A real estate big data company analyzed the average sale price of each apartment type nationwide reported in the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport's real transaction price system for the past two months, and found that more than half of them saw an increase in the actual transaction price from the previous two months.

[Seoul area real estate agent: From February to March, real estate transactions have exhausted the rapid sale, and it seems that (prices) are trending a little upward.]

As low-priced listings ran out and prices inched up, weekly apartment declines in all parts of the country, including Seoul, narrowed.

However, it is important that the overall trading volume recovers meaningfully, not in a hurry.

In March, the number of apartment transactions in Seoul was just under 3,3, almost double the number at the beginning of the year, but still only half the level of a normal year.

[Kim Hyo-sun/NH Nonghyup Bank Real Estate Chief Committee: If the trend is to turn upward, the volume of transactions should continue to increase. There are many people who think that the price will still fall further, so the increase in trading volume is considered to be temporary.]

For this reason, experts say it is still too early to see an upward reversal, and that the real estate economy is likely to make an "L-shaped" graph and make a soft landing this year.

(Video Interview: Kim Won-bae and Seol Min-hwan, Video Editing: Oh No-young, CG: Kim Moon-sung)