Gyeonggi Province Cracks Down on Illegal Certified Real Estate Agencies for Unregistered Brokerage and Price Collusion

Gyeonggi Province will conduct a joint inspection of certified real estate agencies in the first half of the year.

On April 24, Gyeonggi Province announced that it will carry out the "2026 First Half Joint Inspection of Certified Real Estate Agencies" from April 27 to June 19 at 1,500 certified real estate offices within the province, aiming to prevent rental fraud and other illegal activities.

The inspection will target certified real estate agencies located in areas where high-risk properties are handled, as well as offices suspected of illegal activities through monitoring.

For this inspection, Gyeonggi Province will collaborate with the "Safe Jeonse Management Team," which is primarily composed of certified real estate agents who are well-acquainted with the local situation in each city and county.

The main focus areas of the inspection include: ▲whether the Safe Jeonse Project action tasks are being implemented; ▲operation of unregistered brokerage firms; ▲collusion in property prices; and ▲illegal brokerage activities related to properties at risk of rental fraud. In particular, the inspection will prioritize the detection of illegal activities by utilizing reports from the Jeonse Damage Support Center and monitoring results to ensure effectiveness.

Gyeonggi Province will provide retraining for offices that are found to be insufficient in fulfilling the action tasks, and administrative measures such as retrieving project participation stickers will be taken for offices that fail to implement the tasks. In addition, if illegal activities such as unregistered brokerage or collusion are detected, strict measures including administrative actions and requests for investigation will be enforced.

Through this inspection, the province aims to strengthen the crackdown on illegal brokerage activities, while simultaneously promoting onsite education and participation to enhance the accountability of certified real estate agents and encourage the establishment of a safe real estate transaction culture.

Son Imseong, Director of Urban Housing at Gyeonggi Province, stated, "We will focus on inspecting illegal activities such as unregistered brokerage and price collusion to secure transparency in the real estate market, and will work to preemptively block transaction risks such as rental fraud through public-private cooperation."

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