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Vegas Condo Buyers Offered Partial Money Back

November 12th, 2009

pimg alt="cosmo.jpg" src="http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/hotproperty/archives/cosmo.jpg" width="127" height="96" //p pa href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601085sid=agEVl50oQ6wg"emBloomberg/em /ais reporting that condo owners of the still underconstruction Cosmopolitan Resort on the Vegas strip have sued the owner, Deutsche Bank, to get their deposit money back./p pThe suit illustrates the varying rules for getting down payments back even in projects with major problems. Deutsche Bank foreclosed on the $3.9 billion project. It’s offering buyers in the West Tower 74% of their deposit money back. Nevada law allows developers to keep 15% of a buyer's down payment. /p pIn court filings, condo buyers claim they have suffered through construction delays that now prevent them from closing. Building interiors were modified ten times and problems with drainage require 24 hour pumping of water beneath the building. Buyers claim the delays have eliminated their ability to get loans because real estate prices have collapse so much./p pMy Mom always said buy a condo when it’s under construction because you’ll get a discount. Of course, those "pre-completion prices" come with a big risk./pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bw_rss/hotproperty/~4/SvalZogWe4g" height="1" width="1"/

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