학위논문(석사) -- 서울대학교대학원 : 사회과학대학 지리학과, 2021.8. 박기호.In 2020, the area and the number of lots owned by foreigners increased in Gyeonggi Province while the foreign population of the province decreased due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With soaring house prices and speculation emerging as a national issue, the province enforced a permission system for real estate acquisition by foreigners. While absentee owners may lead to land grabbing in urban context, there should be caution on xenophobic sentiments that attribute the failure of stabilizing house prices to ordinary foreigners during the pandemic. In order to make a sound judgement on the issue, a proper quantitative analysis on the spatial characteristics of real estate acquisition should preced...