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What is interim occupancy & what do I need to do?
When purchasing a new condo, there is a period of time between the day you take possession of your unit and when you take ownership. This...
Levy Zavet – Is it time to sell your family cottage?
Quiet days spent fishing on the lake, jumping off the dock into the cool refreshing water, nights spent around a campfire and endless family game nights:...
Private Lending: Do not Rely on Someone Else’s Appraisal!
Often private lenders will receive a brief term sheet with an email introduction from a mortgage broker or agent trying to place a mortgage deal. Included...
Levy Zavet Lawyers – Are restrictive covenants always totally and completely enforceable?
For most buyers purchasing real estate, it is common practice to check municipal by-laws to determine whether their intended use for a property will be permissible. What they may...
Levy Zavet Lawyers: A Real Estate Lawyer’s Top Tips for First-Time Homebuyers in 2020
As 2019 came to a close, many Canadians are setting their sights on 2020 and making plans for the next decade. If one of your New...
Why Would One Need a Real Estate Lawyer?
For most Canadians, the purchase of a home is the largest single investment that they will ever make. Not only is the purchase of a home a large...
What happens when Home Trust now needs to borrow money to advance you a mortgage loan?
What do you do when your mortgage lender now has to pay a higher interest rate to their own lender on the money they loaned to...
The Ontario Real Estate market meets its April 2017 Budget; are we in crisis?
April 2017 will possibly go down as the turning point in Ontario/Canada's economy. Although the brunt of the straws that broke the camel’s back were dropped...
Ontario’s new real estate cooling off plan and the 15% foreign buyer tax!
Ontario's new real estate cooling off plan has the following changes: 1) 15% Non-Resident Speculation Tax on residential single family dwellings purchased by non-citizens or non-permanent residents...
New 2017 Ontario and Toronto Municipal Land Transfer Tax Rates
The new City of Toronto Land Transfer Tax Rates which are effective March 1, 2017 are as illustrated below. The City has decided to harmonize their...