Quote Originally Posted by iCake View Post
Долевое строительство is when people who want to buy an apartment invest in the construction of the building they want that apartment in. This way they don't buy a specific apartment but just have there "share" in the overall construction cost. This is where долевое comes from. Ты в доле

Unfortunately this is where those people often get ripped off. As they don't buy an apartment there can be hundreds of excuses to not build the building afterwards.
Read about "off-plan" english article in wiki. Compare it to "долевое строительство" in russian wiki. It is the same thing at all. Even "risks". It is not my imagination:
Risks of buying off-plan...
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The constructor may go out of business before construction of the property is completed and the buyer may not be able to recover the monies advanced.
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There is the difference??