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Which combination names the main real-estate apps used to find a home in Korea?

Zigbang, Dabang, Naver Real Estate
Zigbang (직방), Dabang (다방), and Naver Real Estate are the go-to apps for browsing rentals and sales, with photos, filters, and agent listings. Baemin/Coupang Eats are food delivery; Karrot/Bunjang are secondhand marketplaces.

Zigbang, Dabang, and Naver Real Estate are the dominant platforms Koreans use to search for rentals and purchases, offering searchable listings with photos, floor plans, filters for deposit and rent ranges, and direct contact with listing agents. Their popularity comes from consolidating what used to require visiting multiple physical agencies into a single searchable interface, which is especially useful for newcomers unfamiliar with a neighborhood.

Baemin and Coupang Eats are food-delivery apps entirely unrelated to housing, and Karrot and Bunjang are secondhand-goods marketplaces, not real-estate listing services, even though all of these apps are commonly used daily-life tools in Korea.

Many renters use these apps in combination with an in-person agent visit rather than as a replacement for one, since photos can be curated or outdated and only an actual visit reveals a unit's real condition and neighborhood feel.

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