Presale condo assignments ARE NOT Shadow Flips and DO NOT push up real estate prices in Vancouver
Recent media articles on presale condo assignments of contract have been full of factual errors and have misrepresented presale assignments as shadow flips. Presale condo assignments ARE NOT Shadow flipping. Let's clarify. What is a Shadow Flip? A shadow flip is when an existing property primarily a single family house or single family house lot is purchased by a buyer under false pretenses. The contract that was used to purchase the property has a clause in it saying that the buyer can assign the contract without the permission of the seller. This practice victimized unsophisticated sellers of single-family houses in…