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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMore problems curse Trump's Toronto hotel and condo project. Dozens of purchasers who regret
their investment want to get their deposits back. Seven are being sued by the developer to close their $500,000 deals.
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Dozens of purchasers of suites in the 65-storey luxury hotel are now trying to get deposits back and renege on final payments averaging over $500,000.
Other buyers, some too frightened of the legal ramifications to walk away from deals penned up to seven years ago, say they are finding themselves in a crippling Catch-22 unable to sell the units or secure mortgages on balances due to Talon Nov. 29.
One mortgage company asked me, How could I give you a mortgage on a property that is losing money every single day? said one devastated buyer, a blue-collar worker who borrowed the $175,000 down payment from his immigrant parents and owes $750,000 at months end.
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Most were caught up in the get-rich-quick mentality of Torontos booming condo market and intended to flip the units or use them to generate retirement income.
http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1289698--trump-tower-developer-suing-7-disgruntled-investors-to-close-deals-they-now-regret
A lot of money to lose but I have little sympathy for anyone who buys into anything Rump is invovled with.
underseasurveyor
(6,428 posts)So F them. Suck it up trump suckups.
louis-t
(23,175 posts)"If you cannot get a mortgage you are entitled to your deposit back", then these people who bought are fools.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)clearly not wealthy would not have gotten legal advice prior to making the deposit on such a huge investment.