 |
| ▲ President Lee Jae Myung (Pool photo) (Yonhap) |
(LEAD) Lee-approval rating
(LEAD) Lee's approval rating rises for 3rd consecutive week: poll
(ATTN: ADDS more details in last 4 paras)
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung's approval rating rose to 56.5 percent last week, a survey showed Monday, driven by the government's efforts to stabilize the property market.
The rating was up 0.7 percentage point from the previous week, while the negative assessment fell 0.2 percentage point to 38.9 percent, according to the survey by Realmeter, commissioned by a local business news outlet.
Realmeter attributed the increase to Lee's ongoing push to curb home prices by ending an exemption from the heavy capital gains tax for owners of multiple homes and the stock market's rise.
The survey was conducted on 1,009 adults from Monday to Friday last week and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points, with a confidence level of 95 percent.
Earlier in the day, Lee continued his criticism of multiple-home ownership for investment purposes on his social media platform X.
"It is clear that there are more negative effects than positive ones," he said of owning multiple homes.
"That is why the government needs to remove unfair preferential treatment in terms of tax, finance and regulations," he said. "Regarding social problems, we need to make them take social responsibility and bear their fair share of the burden to a certain degree, and that is in line with common sense."
The remarks were the latest in a recent series of social media posts by Lee on his views on the heated property market. He has repeatedly pledged to stabilize the housing market, arguing that rising home prices are placing heavy burdens on young people and discouraging marriage and childbirths.
(END)
(C) Yonhap News Agency. All Rights Reserved
