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What "Capped Development Levies" Means for Your Purchase
Development levies can add tens of thousands of dollars to a pre-construction closing. Here's why capping them at Triple Crown Estates matters.
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Development levies — also called development charges or DCs — are fees that municipalities charge new construction to help pay for the infrastructure that growth requires: roads, parks, sewers, transit, schools, and more.
On a detached pre-construction home, levies are typically passed through to the buyer at final closing as an adjustment. Without a cap, this number can move materially between the day you sign and the day you close, sometimes by tens of thousands of dollars.
That uncertainty is the problem capped development levies solve. When the Agreement of Purchase and Sale caps levies at a fixed dollar amount, you know your maximum closing exposure on this line item from the day you sign — no surprise adjustments two years later.
For Triple Crown Estates VIP buyers, capped development levies are part of the standard incentive package. Combined with Platinum VIP pricing and assignment availability, it materially improves the certainty of your overall purchase math.
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