Apartment prices and buying activity accelerated in Byeongjeom, Hwaseong, and Dasan-dong, Namyangju, as government property controls in nearby Dongtan, Guri and other Gyeonggi areas redirected demand toward districts that remained outside the designations. Byeongjeom prices rose 1.31% in July, while an 84.97-square-meter Dasan Lotte Castle unit gained 265 million won in 40 days to reach 1.245 billion won on August 21. Both districts benefited from transport links, nearby employment or commercial infrastructure and, in Dasan-dong, comparatively higher loan-to-value limits and the ability to use a tenant's jeonse deposit, although metropolitan-area mortgage rules still applied.