Korean slang profile

부동산블루

budongsanbeullu

Helplessness and deprivation felt as rising house prices or jeonse deposits make housing choices difficult.

Expanded form: Not documented
Other spellings: —
Earliest source found: Dec 30, 2020
Documented trend period: Not verified

This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.

01Examples, with English translations

Example by Julimmal
집을 구하는 일이 막막해 부동산블루라는 말에 공감했다.
Finding a home felt so daunting that I related to the term 부동산블루.

02Documented history

December 2020비즈워치 introduced it as a neologism for helplessness and deprivation caused by rising home and jeonse prices.[1]

03Origin & word formation

비즈워치 introduced it by comparison with 코로나블루 to express non-homeowners’ helplessness and deprivation amid rising property prices. It is an emotional expression described by the article, not a clinical diagnosis. The first user could not be identified.

Evidence for the origin explanationMedium

The explanation in the body of the source was checked, but the first user could not be identified.

04Sources

Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.

[알쓸부잡]'청무피사·배배테크' 자고나면 생기는 '부동산 신조어' (비즈워치)Published Dec 30, 2020Original source checked Nov 13, 2026