pre-construction condos

Blanket appraisals infographic showing a single $864,000 appraisal applied across a pre-construction condo project in Canada

Blanket Appraisals Under Scrutiny: $864,000 Pre-Construction Condo Appraised at $465,000

Blanket appraisals are one of the biggest issues in Canadian real estate right now, and almost nobody outside the industry is talking about them.

Pre-construction condos are closing at prices far above what they could sell for today. That leaves me asking two simple questions: how are lenders justifying these mortgages, and who gets stuck with the loss if the borrower can’t pay?

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