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Gindi Holdings' Decade-Long Payment Plan Offers 8-12% Discount

Gindi Holdings is offering a new payment plan where buyers pay 20% upfront and the remaining 80% ten years after occupancy. Real estate appraiser Assaf Gastfreund estimates the effective discount to be 8-12%, similar to standard market offers.

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Gindi Holdings' Decade-Long Payment Plan Offers 8-12% Discount
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What happened

  1. 01Gindi Holdings' new plan defers 80% of apartment payments for ten years post-occupancy.
  2. 02An expert estimates the effective discount from Gindi's plan is 8-12%.
  3. 03The company claims the benefit is worth up to 700,000 shekels.
  4. 04Developers use such plans to maintain reference prices while offering discounts.
  5. 05The model shifts significant financial risk to the apartment buyer.
  6. 06Gindi offered a similar deferred payment structure in 2012.

Developers prefer these plans to maintain official property values while providing a de facto discount, though the model shifts financial risk to the buyer.

Translated and summarized by baba from Ice, the latest report. Read Ice’s original

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