{"id":7587,"date":"2017-12-06T11:11:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T19:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/?p=7587"},"modified":"2017-11-29T14:16:07","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T22:16:07","slug":"worried-your-presale-condo-might-be-cancelled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2017\/12\/worried-your-presale-condo-might-be-cancelled\/","title":{"rendered":"Worried Your Presale Condo Might Be Cancelled?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">TORONTO \u2014 With a sigh and hesitant pause, Jason Paris confides that in retrospect he wishes he\u2019d done more research before putting down a deposit on the now defunct Museum FLTS condominium project in Toronto\u2019s trendy Lower Junction area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 43-year-old television production manager is one of hundreds of would-be homeowners who recently had their money returned and dreams dashed when the building\u2019s developer, Castlepoint Numa, cited lengthy delays obtaining the necessary approvals, building permits and financing, as reasons for the halt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIf I had the knowledge I have now, then, I definitely would have researched Castlepoint further,\u201d said Paris, who subsequently found out that the developer did the same thing to other hopeful Toronto condo buyers a few years ago when another one its projects fell through.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Castlepoint Numa said it\u2019s giving original Museum FLTS buyers the first opportunity and a discount on the next residential phase of its greater Lower Junction neighbourhood project, Paris points out that some buyers have been burned twice in a row by the same developer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The best line of defence for prospective presale condo buyers seeking to mitigate any potential fallout is to do the appropriate due diligence on the developer before signing any contracts, experts say.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unfortunately, there\u2019s not much that can be done to protect Paris and others like him who become the victims of a cancelled condo complex, said Vancouver real estate lawyer Richard Bell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt does happen in various scenarios, particularly if there\u2019s a significant downturn in a market over a short period of time. So really, people are at risk,\u201d said Bell, who works for law firm Bell Alliance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bottom line? Do your homework, Bell said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWho is the developer? What have they built previously? A new developer entering the market place is going to greater risk in a situation for a buyer than having a very experience developer in the market place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The key advantage of using seasoned developers is that they have a name and brand to protect, notes Toronto real estate lawyer Mark Weisleder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI have heard of situations where the builders have cancelled the deal and then turned around and then resold units at a $100,000 more each, and there\u2019s virtually nothing that the original owners could do because there were lots of clauses in the contracts that allowed builders to cancel,\u201d said Weisleder.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut you will find that reputable people, people who have been around a long time, they don\u2019t do that. When they plan a development and plan units, they\u2019re expected to complete. They price accordingly and they complete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Keep in mind, Weisleder added, that even in Toronto\u2019s increasingly competitive condo market \u2014 where the average selling price for a unit is about $523,000 \u2014 approximately 95 to 97 per cent of developments will see completion. According to real estate consultancy Urbanation, 23 condo projects have been cancelled in the city since 2012 \u2014 five of them in the last year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bell said that the last time he\u2019d heard of a cancelled condo development in Vancouver was in 2008, during the financial crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jason Paris believes he is luckier than some because he only got involved with the cancelled condo project in February, when he signed a contract and handed over his deposit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSome people had their investment off the market for a year and a half. I\u2019m off the market for nine months,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cBut in a crazy property market like Toronto, those nine months are really going to make a huge a difference on what I can afford going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/business.financialpost.com\/personal-finance\/mortgages-real-estate\/worried-your-presale-condo-might-be-cancelled-research-the-developer-first\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Worried Your Presale Condo Might Be Cancelled? Research the Developer<\/a> by Davie Hodges | Financial Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2014 With a sigh and hesitant pause, Jason Paris confides that in retrospect he wishes he\u2019d done more research before putting down a deposit on the now defunct Museum &hellip; [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2017\/12\/worried-your-presale-condo-might-be-cancelled\/\">read more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-real-estate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Worried Your Presale Condo Might Be Cancelled? &#8226; Rory C Real Estate | Oakwyn Realty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roryc.ca\/blog\/2017\/12\/worried-your-presale-condo-might-be-cancelled\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Worried Your Presale Condo Might Be Cancelled? 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