Win a Korean housing subscription (cheongyak) once and you hear you “can’t apply for years”. That is the re-winning restriction in Article 54 of the Rules on Housing Supply, and it isn’t one number. A price-capped home or one supplied in a speculation overheated district means 10 years; a subscription overheated area means 7 years; a land-lease home 5 years; homes such as relocated-agency special supply or convertible public rental run from 5 years (85㎡ or less, overcrowding control zone) down to 1 year (over 85㎡, elsewhere). Enter the win date and the kind of home to get the period and its end.
1. Price cap or speculation district 10 years, overheated area 7, land-lease home 5 (Art. 54(2)1–3).
2. If more than one applies, the longest — a price-capped home in an overheated area means 10.
3. The whole household is caught, but private homes outside speculation and overheated areas can still be won during the restriction.
Calculator
Updates as you type. Where more than one period applies, the longest is used (Art. 54(2)). The end date is our sum: counting the win date as day one, the restriction runs to the day before the same date N years later. Area and overcrowding-zone choices only matter for the third kind of home.
The article
| Type | What the source says | Worth noting (ours) |
|---|---|---|
| Art. 54(1) (scope) | Anyone in the household of a winner of the homes below may not be selected for another sale home (including convertible public rental; excluding private homes supplied outside speculation and subscription overheated areas) during the restriction. | Art. 47-3 winners: applicant and spouse only |
| Items of para. 1 | 1. certain Art. 3(2) homes (company housing, housing-bond homes, vacated public rental, etc.) 2. relocated-agency special supply 3. price-capped homes 4. convertible public rental 5. land-lease homes 6. homes in a speculation overheated district 7. homes in a subscription overheated area | Homes not listed are not restricted |
| Para. 2 (periods) | Where more than one applies, the longest period is used. | Amended 17 Apr 2020 |
| Para. 2 item 1 | Items 3 and 6 (price cap, speculation district): 10 years from the win date | — |
| Para. 2 item 2 | Item 7 (overheated area): 7 years | — |
| Para. 2 item 3 | Item 5 (land-lease) and redevelopment members’ homes in a speculation district: 5 years | — |
| Para. 2 item 4 | Items 2, 4 etc. at 85㎡ or less: overcrowding control zone 5 years, elsewhere 3 | Zone under the Seoul Metropolitan Area Readjustment Planning Act Art. 6(1) |
| Para. 2 item 5 | The same at over 85㎡: zone 3 years, elsewhere 1 | — |
Every period runs “from the win date”, not the contract or move-in date. What is blocked is being “selected as a resident” of another sale home; the article doesn’t bar applying as such. But the subscription agency searches winner lists and tells the developer of anyone inside a restriction (para. 3), and the developer must drop them from selection or cancel the contract (para. 4). So an application during the period ends up removed (our reading).
Five sums — our example
| Win (our example, won 22 Oct 2026) | Restriction | Worth noting (ours) |
|---|---|---|
| Price-capped apartment | 10 years — to 21 Oct 2036 | Para. 2 item 1 |
| Ordinary private apartment in an overheated area | 7 years — to 21 Oct 2033 | Para. 2 item 2 |
| Land-lease home in an overheated area | 7 years | The longer of 5 and 7 |
| Convertible public rental, 84㎡, overcrowding zone | 5 years | 3 outside; 3 or 1 above 85㎡ |
| Ordinary private apartment, no regulated area, no cap | 0 | Not on the para. 1 list |
End dates are our sum. The rule only says “10 years from the win date” with no day-count method, so we count the win date as day one and end on the day before the same date ten years on. If a single day matters, check your record on Cheongyak Home.
Why the “household” matters
Paragraph 1 restricts everyone in the winner’s household, not just the winner. A spouse or child in the same household applying separately can’t be selected during the period. One exception is written in: for winners under Art. 47-3, only the applicant and spouse. Whether splitting the household avoids it turns on the household definition and timing, which we don’t judge here.
Two things get mixed up with this. One is the limit on special supply (Art. 55) — special supply is in principle given once, on a one-home-per-household basis. The other is the ban after an ineligible win is cancelled (Art. 58) — much shorter, from 1 year in the capital region, and a different thing.
The ban after a cancelled ineligible win is in ineligible winner ban calculator.
Checklist
- ☐ Was the home price-capped (stated in the notice)?
- ☐ Was the area a speculation or overheated area when you won?
- ☐ More than one: take the longest
- ☐ Everyone in the household is covered
- ☐ Non-regulated private homes remain open
Questions that remain
Does giving up the win or not signing remove it?
Article 54 is written around “a person who won” and doesn’t make the contract a condition. We didn’t read the other articles on giving up, so check your record on Cheongyak Home.
What if the area is later de-designated?
The article asks whether the home was “supplied in a speculation overheated district”. Whether lifting the designation shortens a running restriction is not stated.
Sources
- Korean law database (law.go.kr) — Rules on Housing Supply Art. 54 — source (current text, effective 15 June 2026, MOLIT Ordinance No. 1592; checked 22 October 2026). Art. 54 re-winning restriction (seven kinds of home, household, private-home exception, 10/7/5/5–3/3–1 years, longest period, search, notice, removal); names of the Art. 3(2) homes; Art. 55 special-supply limit; Art. 58 ineligible winners.
- Not read. Detailed Art. 47-3 conditions; current regulated-area designations; treatment of giving up a win or cancelling a contract.
- What we added. The “worth noting” column and the Korean everyday gloss.
Where to check further
- Cheongyak Home (Korea Real Estate Board) — your win record and any restriction.
- The recruitment notice — price cap and restriction period.
Written on 22 October 2026. The content is from the source; the glosses are ours.
