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Originally Posted by JACKinBeantown
The Fed offers loans to banks at ridiculously low rates so that they can then offer loans to people/corporations who need them. That's the problem with it. The banks can afford to finance a project like this... they just choose not to. Apparently that's not the way to make the most money even when given loans at rates much lower than average people or students can get. (and yes, this is on subject.)
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A billion dollar spec super high-end residential building is a huge risk in any market. Even with cheap money, most banks wouldn't touch this for that reason alone. Just because banks can get easy cash doesn't mean they have the appetite for an expensive and risky project....and I highly doubt the intention of the Fed is to pump more money into speculative real estate.
As an aside, who cares that money is coming from China (if it actually happens, which I'd guess is unlikely given the recent banking news there)? American money helped build Chinese cities...why can't Chinese money build ours?