Buyer Who Walked Away From Real Estate Deal Pays $360,000

 

1. BC buyer
2. May 2016 - No Subject Offer Made @ $1.26 milion
3. August 2 - 15% Foreign tax put in place with 1 weeks notice
4. Market drastically changes
5. Buyer thinks he can walk away
6. Supposed to close for Sept 1
7. Does not close
8. House is eventually solved for $910,000 to another buyer
9. Loss of $350,000
10. Law suit put into place
11. Buyer does not respond to law suit
12. $360,000 judgement given to seller

News Story:
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/british-columbia/buyer-who-walked-away-from-real-estate-deal-ordered-to-pay-360k-1.4232844

Court Document: 
http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/17/13/2017BCSC1361.htm