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Old Posted Apr 29, 2019, 8:37 PM
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The freeze does literally nothing to stop sales. And the freeze is happening years after sales already finished. Honestly the justification that its meant to stop speculation/sales seems completely empty.
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Isn’t speculation buying the property early because you believe that the city will later zone it for more? And aren’t the current developments developing under the old rules? If anything this seems to cater to speculators since this only blocks the people who aren’t speculating.
It helps, right? There's bound to be much less incentive to buy/resell an already-expensive property if you're worried that the most you're allowed is ten storeys and 2.0 FSR (probably not happening, but still).
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