By Bobby Vakili ( November 13, 2026, 2:30 PM EST) -- A purchaser signs for a pre-construction condominium in Hamilton at just over $1 million, pays a deposit of $121,098 and then, two years later, cannot get financing to close. The builder resells the unit for $699,900. In most years that is the end of the story: the deposit is forfeited and the builder sues for the shortfall....