<\/p>\n
Billy Walters of the Broncos in action during the round 27 NRL match between Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm at Suncorp Stadium. Picture: Bradley Kanaris\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n
Brisbane Broncos playmaker Billy Walters is celebrating a major win well before Sunday\u2019s kick-off against number 1 ranked Raiders, with a huge $511k payout.<\/p>\n
As Walters chases finals glory on the field, his property game is already proving a premiership-winning strategy off it, cashing in on Brisbane\u2019s red-hot housing boom with a 76 per cent gain on the first home he bought with wife Rachel.<\/p>\n
MORE: \u2018It\u2019s over\u2019: Big Aus bank\u2019s shock RBA call<\/a><\/p>\n Brisbane home prices rise a shock $86,000 in one year<\/a><\/p>\n Billy Walters in Broncos team training at their Red Hill headquarters. Picture: Adam Head<\/p>\n The 31-year-old son of Kangaroos coach Kevin Walters, who had an absolute scorcher of a game against the Storm after stepping up at five-eighth with Ezra Mam sidelined, has just pocketed a tidy $511,500 rise.<\/p>\n The couple had paid $671,000 for their three-bedroom, two-bathroom property in 2021, selling for $1,182,500 on August 27, going above the $1.13m valuation it was tipped at.<\/p>\n The move marks almost a double-up in just four years, proof the NRL star\u2019s off-field investments are paying off as much as his on-field form.<\/p>\n MORE: Australia\u2019s 130,000 hidden methane boreholes raise alarm<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n