If your agent has declined to list your presale assignment, you are not being singled out. Through 2026 a large number of BC agents stopped taking assignment listings altogether — they take longer to sell, the paperwork is unfamiliar, developer consent can be withdrawn mid-process, and many developers restrict how the unit may be advertised. For a generalist agent doing two or three of these a career, the effort rarely pencils out.
That is a market reality, not a verdict on your unit. It does mean, though, that the person telling you it cannot be sold may simply be telling you they cannot sell it.
What you deserve before accepting that answer is a specific read on three things: what your assignment clause actually permits, what the developer will consent to, and what the unit is realistically worth against today's price list for the same floor plan. Those three answers determine whether you have a sellable assignment, a repricing problem, or a situation where holding to completion is genuinely the better financial outcome.
We still take assignment listings. Not out of optimism — because presale contracts are the only thing this team works on, so the consent process and the marketing restrictions are routine rather than a research project. Sometimes our honest answer is still that you should not assign right now, and we will tell you that on the first call rather than after a listing agreement.
This is general information, not legal or tax advice. Assignment tax treatment in particular is unforgiving, and we will tell you to speak to a CPA before you accept an offer.
We have helped 450+ families into presale contracts across Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, with only 2 defaults in five years. Presale is the only thing we do.
Assignments in 2026 are slower to sell than resale, involve developer consent that can be withdrawn, often prohibit MLS advertising, and carry unfamiliar paperwork and tax reporting. Many generalist agents have decided the time cost is not worth it. Specialists who do presale full time are set up for exactly this work.
Not necessarily. It means the agent you asked is not equipped to sell it. Whether yours can be sold depends on your assignment clause, developer consent, and how your contract price compares to the developer's current price for the same floor plan.
Legally you can. Practically, assignment buyers are hard to reach when the developer restricts public advertising, and the paperwork — assignment contract, consent submission, deposit transfer, CRA reporting — is where costly mistakes happen.
Check the expiry date and the cancellation terms. If the service is not being delivered, the managing broker at that brokerage is the person to raise it with — every BC brokerage has one.
Talk to a buyer-side presale specialist: (672) 258-1100. Free contract review and valuation — we don't work for the developer.