Tag: Real Estate Law
Tag: Real Estate Law
ESTATE LITIGATION: Challenging a will with the court’s assistance
Other kinds of orders are necessary in estate matters in specified circumstances, Rules of Civil Procedure (Rules), r. 74.15, which can be obtained from the court....
Real Estate law: Can You Refuse to Close if Your Condominium Square Footage is Less Than You Bargained For?
In real estate law, representations are very important elements to any agreement of purchase and sale. Typically the party selling the property will represent things such...
Real Estate Law: Choosing a Real Estate Lawyer and Understanding Fees
Often clients will shop around for legal services as if they were a commodity and not a service and therefore the lowest price is the only...
Real Estate Law: Buying Real Estate with Other Parties or Trying to Sell Real Estate Owned with Others?
Often individuals and companies purchase property together either as a means to secure financing, registered ownership or as a business venture. For various reasons, often financial,...
Real Estate Law: What the Difference is Between a Condition and a Warranty and Writing the Agreement of Purchase and Sale
One of the most important things I stress to Realtors and purchaser clients is to make sure it is very clear in the agreement of purchase...
Real Estate Law: Easements Affecting Your Property
Simply defined in the Blacks law dictionary, an easement is an interest in land owned by another person, consisting in the right to use or control...
Real Estate Law: Provisions in the Agreement of Purchase and Sale: Time for Searches, Future Use, Title, Schedules
Time for searchesBefore closing a real estate transaction, a real estate lawyer will need time to search title, executions and make off-title searches or inquiries. The...
Real Estate Law: Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST)
In the OREA standard form agreement (“OREA Agreement”), there is a blank space provided where it should be indicated whether taxes are “included in” or “in...
How Trusts are Taxed in Canada
Taxation of TrustsThe taxation of trusts and their beneficiaries are dealt with under Sections 104 to 108, inclusive, of the ITA. The fundamental principle with respect...
Real Estate Law: Closing a Real Estate Transaction
Choosing a closing date The closing date can be whenever the parties agree upon, however selecting a closing date on a weekend or statutory holiday will prevent your...