Accelerating PF Project Site Sales... Financial Supervisory Service Builds 'Information Disclosure Platform'

FSS Hosts Joint Briefing for Sale of PF Project Sites Across Financial Sectors
Information Disclosure Platform Launched to Resolve Information Asymmetry
Expected to Accelerate Normalization of Project Site Sales

The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has established an 'Information Disclosure Platform' to accelerate the restructuring of real estate project financing (PF) sites. It is expected that the resolution of information asymmetry between sellers and buyers through the platform will normalize the progress of the sale of project sites.

On the 23rd, the FSS announced that it held a 'Joint Sale Briefing for PF Sites across All Financial Sectors' at the Korea Federation of Savings Banks.

This event was organized to explain key PF site status information provided through the information disclosure platform to potential buyers. About 200 real estate development company representatives participated, including 26 mid-sized construction companies ranked within the top 100 in construction capability and numerous project operators interested in the sale items.

They attentively listened to the status of major PF sites and received additional information such as the latest project progress rate and credit enhancement status from association and financial company representatives at individual consultation booths for items they were interested in investing in. Bank representatives guided potential buyers on syndicate loan support requirements to facilitate smooth financing.

The information disclosure platform initially disclosed 195 project sites (worth 3.1 trillion KRW), excluding those under litigation or with undecided auction schedules among the sites subject to auction and public sale.

As of December 16 last year, 3.5 trillion KRW out of 12.5 trillion KRW in PF exposure targeted for resolution had been completed. This corresponds to 81.4% of the resolution plan (4.3 trillion KRW) by the end of last year.

The FSS expects that if PF sites are smoothly resolved as planned through the information disclosure platform, 7.4 trillion KRW (cumulative) will be resolved by the first quarter of this year (end of March). According to the resolution scale plans submitted by financial companies, 8.8 trillion KRW is planned to be resolved by the first half of this year. Accordingly, it is expected to contribute to improving the soundness of financial institutions, supplying liquidity to normal project sites, expanding housing supply, and alleviating downward pressure on the construction industry.

The FSS and financial associations by sector plan to update the 'Information Disclosure Platform' monthly and support and encourage the implementation of PF site resolution through auction and public sale. They also intend to actively communicate with the financial and construction sectors to ensure prompt post-management of PF sites.

The FSS stated, "In the future, we will guide financial companies with insufficient PF resolution performance to make additional provisions to improve soundness and will also inspect the appropriateness of auction and public sale implementation procedures."

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