Although the government tightened regulations on loans, it was found that from 2018 until recently, nearly 9,000 people in Seoul had bought their homes with pure own money.



According to the data submitted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to Rep. So Byeong-hoon of the Democratic Party, 8,877 (14.9%) of the 59,000 people who purchased more than 900 million won in expensive homes in Seoul from 2018 to August this year were financed by banks, etc. It was found that the house was bought without any assistance or gift from the institution.



The number of home buyers who did not receive loans, etc. is increasing every year, from 2,496 in 2018 to 3,276 last year and 3,105 by August this year.



Shinsegae Vice Chairman Jeong Yong-jin was the one who paid my money and bought the house at the highest price among the buyers I live with.



Vice-Chairman Chung was found to have financed the entire amount of 16.62 billion won in bank deposits while purchasing a house in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu from Shinsegae Group Chairman Lee Myung-hee in 2018.



Mr. A (44), who bought a house in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu this year for 13 billion won, Mr. B (49), who bought a house in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, for 11 billion won in 2018, and Seongbuk-dong, Seongbuk-gu, last year, for 9.6 billion won. Han C (38) also financed the house with a deposit.



Excluding stocks, bonds, inheritances and gifts, and real estate disposal costs, 1,55 people have purchased their homes purely with cash-like assets such as deposits, cash, and other funds.



The house they bought the most was Hannam The Hill, Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, and it was found that a total of 41 people bought an average of 3,373.1 billion won as cash assets such as deposits without loans, gifts, stocks, bonds, and real estate disposal.



Gangnam-gu Dogok-dong Tower Palace and Songpa-gu Wirye Richeville First Class (14 students each), Godeok Arteon in Sangil-dong, Gangdong-gu (13 students), Oksan House in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu (12 students), Resenz in Jamsil-dong, Songpa-gu and Gaepojugong Apartment in Gaepo-dong, Gangnam-gu, DH Zei, Ilwon-dong Even in expensive houses in the Gangnam region such as Gaepo (10 people each), people who bought a house using only cash assets such as deposits and cash flocked to them.



By age, the number of people in their 60s and older was 432, followed by 293 in their 50s, 216 in their 40s, 87 in their 30s, and 27 in their 20s. 



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