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real estate agent was caught who faked a house bought and sold as if it were a family member, raised the price of the house, and then sold it to someone else to get more than 100 million won. It was found that this increase in house prices also affected the transaction price of the entire apartment complex.



Reporter Hwa Kang-yoon covered the story.



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Real estate agent A reported that he bought his sister-in-law's apartment in the name of his daughter and son last year, which was about 240 million won.



I raised the price for each contract and reported to my son that it was sold 110 million won higher than the original market price, but it was a fake deal with no contract or down payment.



In the end, another buyer bought this apartment at an inflated price, and Mr. A's sister-in-law earned more than 100 million won in additional profit.



Employee B of a real estate brokerage firm signed a contract for an apartment with a market price of 50 million won for 79 million won in his name, then canceled it and sold it to someone else by deceiving it as the actual transaction price.



The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport was first caught in 12 cases of market disturbance, in which a contract was signed at a high price to raise the market price and then terminated.



[Jung Seung-hyeon / Head of Real Estate Transaction Analysis and Planning Division, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport: These were mainly found in the provinces rather than in the metropolitan area, and when the transaction price goes up, the brokerage fee goes up, and there are also incentives like this… .] The



price manipulation raised not only the house price, but also the entire transaction price of the complex.



In an apartment complex in Namyangju, Gyeonggi-do, the market price jumped by about 17% due to manipulation of the actual transaction price, and the market price increased by more than 50% in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, after a false report was maintained.



According to the current law, bicycling can be punished according to the Certified Brokers Act, but the target is limited to certified real estate agents and brokerage assistants, and the general public is only fined 30 million won or less for false reporting.



The government plans to hand over 2,400 cases that have reported transactions and have not registered the name transfer to local governments to keep track of other cases of price manipulation.



(Video coverage: Kang Yun-gu, Video editing: Kim Jong-tae)