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Originally Posted by tralph
I work for Halifax and can confirm that we would count the value of all that stuff against the value of the house when determining Loan to Value ratios.
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Ok, can someone explain to me
So for a FTB: Hypothetical house for 300k.
Been on the market for a year, developer getting shifty so throws in freebies (kitchen + small car worth 15k) to make bank value the house at say 275k.
Now that the 100% is gone the way of the dodo, banks want 92% LTV so an FTB can only get 253k on this place leaving them to come up with a whopping 47k to pay the developer 300k.
Am I missing something here?
I'm not qualified in building at all but is the developer not making a whopper of a mistake by not lowering the price?