30,000 Gyeonggi-do Licensed Realtors Launch 'Safe Jeonse Gatekeeper Movement'

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province will begin collecting signatures for the ‘Safe Jeonse Checkpoint Guard Campaign’ targeting licensed real estate agents in the province starting from the 1st of this month.

The Safe Jeonse Checkpoint Guard Campaign is a joint project between Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi Branch of the Korea Association of Realtors aimed at preventing Jeonse-related damages. Thirty thousand licensed real estate agents in the province are participating, and the launch ceremony was held on the 15th of last month.

The specific preventive measures against Jeonse damages include ▲not brokering risky properties ▲providing accurate property information to tenants ▲checking the realtor’s checklist for preventing Jeonse damages ▲providing tenants with a checklist for preventing Jeonse damages ▲disclosing the identity of real estate office workers ▲notifying changes in contract information such as rights relations ▲and informing about malicious landlords.

Gyeonggi Province is promoting the campaign with an initial goal of having more than 10% of the 30,000 licensed real estate agents in the province participate by September 10, when the autumn moving season begins. Participating realtors will receive a ‘Safe Jeonse Guardian’ sticker and be publicly listed on the Gyeonggi Real Estate Portal.

To actively encourage participation in the Safe Jeonse Checkpoint Guard Campaign among licensed real estate agents in the province, Gyeonggi Province plans to deploy a public-private joint ‘Safe Jeonse Management Team’ to provide project guidance and publicity support to increase participation rates.

The Safe Jeonse Management Team is the largest nationwide, with a total of 916 members including Gyeonggi Province and city/county officials, as well as members from the Korea Association of Realtors’ provincial branch, local branches, and sub-branches.

The team’s role is to encourage and manage participation in the Safe Jeonse Checkpoint Guard Campaign, share and utilize frontline real estate agents’ field information through real estate market monitoring, and conduct joint inspections to proactively respond to illegal activities in the real estate sector.

Lee Gye-sam, Director of the Urban Housing Office of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "The ‘Safe Jeonse Checkpoint Guard Campaign’ is a key part of the ‘Gyeonggi Safe Jeonse Project,’ serving as a Jeonse damage prevention movement through the voluntary participation of licensed real estate agents."

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