Apartment sale prices in 10 northern and western Seoul districts rose 11.15% year over year and jeonse prices increased 10.10% as of last month, the first simultaneous double-digit gains in those districts since district-level statistics began in January 2012. Separately, metropolitan-area jeonse prices rose 4.30% from January through August, outpacing the 4.06% sales-price increase for a fifth consecutive month, while listings fell 27.5% year over year to 35,483 as of September 18. Analysts cited accumulated supply shortages, falling move-in volumes, tighter residency and land-transaction rules, and demand from households unable to buy. About 30,000 Seoul households facing relocation by the first half of next year could add further pressure.