30 Real Estate Transaction Order Assistants Active in Suwon and 14 Other Cities and Counties

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Park No-hoon] Gyeonggi Province will operate the "2022 First Half Gyeonggi Province Real Estate Transaction Order Assistants" from March 2 through June to establish real estate transaction order and create public sector jobs.

The "Gyeonggi Province Real Estate Transaction Order Assistants" are temporary workers who assist city and county civil servants.

They perform auxiliary duties including preventing and counseling false property listings and collusive property price-fixing, investigating real estate transaction reports, and conducting speculative real estate investigations.

The Province selected 15 cities and counties (Suwon, Seongnam, Ansan, Anyang, Pyeongtaek, Siheung, Hwaseong, Gwangmyeong, Gwangju, Osan, Hanam, Yeoju, Yangpyeong, Guri, and Pocheon) as project target areas through a needs survey of 31 cities and counties in the province last year, and secured a 2022 project budget of 864 million won.

For the first half recruitment (March-June) this year, 136 people applied, and 30 were hired, including 7 graduates from real estate-related fields.

Salaries are paid by Gyeonggi Province, and the Province and 15 cities and counties jointly manage the manpower utilization and attendance of the assistants.

A provincial official stated, "The real estate transaction order assistants project is being pursued to establish sound real estate transaction order and contribute to creating public jobs," adding "We will closely cooperate with the relevant cities and counties to ensure that Gyeonggi Province's real estate transaction order assistants project achieves good results."

Meanwhile, the Province hired 46 real estate transaction order assistants in 2021 and conducted 2,425 investigations of real estate actual transaction price reports, 130 cases of preventing and counseling false property listings, and 2,586 cases of real estate agent name tag wearing and QR code attachment.