The stories of losses on Pre-construction sub 500 sqft Dog Crate Condos & even on slightly larger 600+ sqft units just keep on coming
The same themes but different problems & really bad outcomes
More details are emerging
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A new twist is the difficulty in securing normal mortgages to close on these wildly overpriced units
In a great G&M piece this morning #rachelleyounglai describes an 8.3% mortgage rate on a $410K mortgage producing a $4200 payment including mortgage, condo fees & taxes
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The Buyers were turned down by their bank and were forced to take a huge mortgage rate
Rent on the unit is $2400 they lose $1800 every month
Or they could sell for a $75K loss, this Pre-Con unit was bought in 2018 & closed last January
A true financial disaster
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To make matters worse another Pre-Con unit closed in May & they lose $3050 per month on that one
Absolutely devastating losses that are hard to escape
@JohnPasalis had a great post this weekend
Toronto Pre-Con Condos became wildly miss priced 6 years ago
And no one cared
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People just kept on buying with a ridiculously false belief rents would increase massively & mortgage rates would be 2.49% forever
Buyers would snap up Pre-Con Condos at $1250 per sqft when Re-Sale Condos across the street were offered at $825 per sqft
WTF? It made no sense
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But here's a common feature: most of them minted money on previous transactions
The couple taking nearly $6K a month losses made a $500K profit on a 2013 unit they sold in 2022
They were Rental Condo Investors who really BELIEVED
Not anymore
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The Aftermath Of The Real Estate Insanity Of 2020 - 2022 Huge Mortgages Too Many Co-signers & Years Of Pain
Here's what we know: from the Fall of 2020 to March of 2022 many Real Estate Markets in BC & Ontario became crazy: FOMO, Work From Far-Off Home, you name it
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Near the end of this totally crazy run many so called Real Estate experts would calmly explain ongoing 5% to 8% increases in the price of homes would continue to be the norm
The few of us who said this was a stupid idea & the Bubble would burst were ridiculed
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Today all the Real Estate Pumpers have amnesia about 2021 but the sad aftermath for Home Buyers at that time keeps claiming victims
Start with Underwater Mortgages: when the home value falls below the amount of the mortgage
Let's assume this: most of 2021 Buyers are there
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What's The WORST Thing About The Carney Condo Bailout? The Developers He's Bailing Out Made Fortunes for 20 Years
And everyone who keeps suggesting it's smart to buy instant Low Rent, Non-Market affordable homes instead of waiting for Build Canada Modular Yurts is stupid
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Because a thinking person would realize; Don't buy these units NOW & Government may not need to buy
Wait until the Developers drop the prices MUCH FURTHER
Or let the Developers go into Receivership & buy at the lowest price from the Receiver
It's critical to understand
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Carney talks about "Financing Mechanisms"
This Mechanism is called CMHC which can provide ultra low mortgage rates & 40 or 50 year amortization
Carney Government Loses It's Mind & Just Saves Condo Developers In BC: Unfuckinglievable
Unlike Carney's deal with Ontario which was a HST Sales Tax reduction scheme in BC they just went whole hog & BOUGHT New Construction Condos the Developers can't sell
Which is NUTS
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The Unsold Condos that your Tax Money is buying will be used for Social Housing
But how do all Canadian Tax Payers feel about that?
Did you want your taxes to go for Healthcare & Pensions or to bailout Condo Developers?
What's your opinion Canada
Doesn't matter
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The Government is bailing them out anyway
2200 Units worth of bailout
Imagine you're a taxpayer in Manitoba or Saskatchewan where Developers never turned Housing into a Financial Instrument Flipping Machine but YOUR TAXES will go to prop up the Rat Bastards who did do it
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