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It's $500m that went to "honest Canadians" selling their real estate. The house isn't gone, it's still there, and will probably get sold to Canadians when the bubble pops, possibly much cheaper.

>>Peteri+(OP)
Ahaha, the bubble popping. That'll be the day. All they're doing is increasing house prices for no reason. Houses are now just casino chips for rich people.

>>fennec+T2
On the other hand if it doesn't pop, then it literally doesn't matter if the income documents were fake, as the bank has good collateral and giving the loan turned out not to be a mistake.

>>Peteri+U4
Now you're thinking like a bank.

>>Peteri+U4
Oh, and think of the tax revenue! ;)

>>Peteri+U4
Fraud is fraud, so it does matter. Same way that SBF is still going to jail even if the people with money in FTX get their money back (via crypto rising again / the AI investment).

The real people harmed were the Canadians trying to start a family who got outbid on the house.