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The case for buying a pre-construction home
– moneysense.ca
My wife and I bid on, and lost, nine houses before we got our 10th. I remember the day in March 2016 when the listing popped up on Realtor.ca, the online directory of homes for sale, which had become one of the “frequently visited” websites on our computer. The house ticked off all the boxes, and more, for a starter home—with the small caveat.
It didn’t exist yet.
After seeing more than 50 houses and losing nine bidding wars, the house hunt was not only becoming tiresome for us, but it was also becoming more difficult to get any house at all, let alone the one we wanted. When we saw the listing for this pre-construction home in Toronto’s west end, it shifted our thinking. Buying a new build could improve the return on our monetary investment, and give us an ROI of our time too—no more pounding the pavement, figuratively and literally, in futile search of a home.
With that found time, however, came a requirement for patience. We bought the house in early 2016, but we didn’t move in until late 2019—three years and eight months later…
It didn’t exist yet.
After seeing more than 50 houses and losing nine bidding wars, the house hunt was not only becoming tiresome for us, but it was also becoming more difficult to get any house at all, let alone the one we wanted. When we saw the listing for this pre-construction home in Toronto’s west end, it shifted our thinking. Buying a new build could improve the return on our monetary investment, and give us an ROI of our time too—no more pounding the pavement, figuratively and literally, in futile search of a home.
With that found time, however, came a requirement for patience. We bought the house in early 2016, but we didn’t move in until late 2019—three years and eight months later…
