Seo Tai Ji 33 billion, Ryu Jun Yeol 9 billion… Korean stars who earned billions from the real estate market gain

These stars have made successful real estate investments with billions of won in market profits.

KBS 2TV’s entertainment show “Entertainment Weekly Plus,” which aired on Dec 22nd, took a look at stars who have had successful financial investments in 2022.

First of all, singer Seo Tai Ji purchased a two-story building in Nonhyeon-dong for about 5 billion won in 2002 and carried out to newly construct six stories above the ground. The value of this building has skyrocketed since a subway station opened in this neighborhood. It was sold for about 38.7 billion won in April this year, and Seo earned about 33 billion won in market profits.

In addition, actor Ryu Jun Yeol purchased a building in Yeoksam-dong for about 5.8 billion won in 2020. He then demolished the building, and constructed a new one, before selling it for about 15 billion won in January this year. With this, Ryu made a market profit of about 9 billion won.

Lee Hyo Ri and Lee Sang Soon purchased a Hannam-dong building for about 5.8 billion won in 2019 and sold it for 8.8 billion won this year, earning about 3 billion won in market profits.

Actress Song Hye Kyo purchased the detached house of Shin Ae Ra and Cha In Pyo for about 5 billion won and sold it for about 7.9 billion won in April this year after her mother lived there for 17 years. Song earned about 2.9 billion won in capital gains after selling it.

Source: Sports Chosun