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submitted 7 months ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Condo sales numbers in and around Toronto have taken a drastic tumble so far this year, and now that the market is starting to lean towards buyers ...

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[-] kevincox@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

I find it hard to blame people for doing what they are incentivized to do. Sure, I would love if everyone is morals first but given the open to build a "luxury" condo that gets N% return on investment or a "basic" condo that gets %M return on investment they are going to build whatever one is higher.

Most of the blame should lie on the government for not creating the correct rules and incentives.

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