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[^1][^3][^7][^9]\n\nKim Eun-hye criticized Hong for hypocrisy, stating that the Yoon government's 'no debt-driven home purchases' policy contradicts the candidate's actions. [^2] Hoe Ji-hair purchased an 84.87-square-meter apartment in Shin-do-rim Town, Guro-gu, Seoul on 2024-03-16 for 1,005,000,000 Korean won, making a 100,000,000 won contract deposit the same day, a 200,000,1003 middle payment on 2024-04-16, and a 705,000,000 won final balance on 2024-05-26. [^4] Hong Ji-sun and her spouse financed 537,000,000 won, more than half of the purchase price, for this apartment dealing with their loan debt. [^5]\n\nKim Eun-hye, a lawmaker of the People Power Party, said through her office that the apartment purchase was a leveraged 'yeongkul' deal that contradicts the current government's real estate policy direction. [^6] Hong's spouse borrowed 170 million won from her mother-in-law on April 15, 2025, just one day before the apartment's down payment of 200 million won was due. 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