by Bob Aaron | May 7, 2018 | Featured, Legal Issues
In perhaps 80 to 100 transactions in the last 15 years, Toronto Realtors wound up listing and selling condominium units that were not owned by their seller clients. It now appears that 22 condominium owners in a north Toronto project do not own the units they are...
by Bob Aaron | Feb 13, 2018 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
A recent Nova Scotia court judgment emphasizes the importance of providing timely notice of potential claims and regulatory complaints to the errors and omissions insurer of a brokerage. Hermiena Murphy was a real estate agent who had been working for 20 years with...
by Bob Aaron | Sep 12, 2017 | Featured, Legal Issues
A decision from the Ontario Superior Court in July highlights the obligation of real estate agents to review home inspections with their clients. Suzanne Powell and her mother Joyce Powell wanted to buy a property in Toronto’s west end. Their real estate agent,...
by Bob Aaron | Jun 28, 2017 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
The Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA), which represents 70,000 real estate agents and brokers in Ontario, has become involved in a public spat with the real estate industry regulator over the use of a controversial provision in purchase agreements known as an...
by Bob Aaron | Nov 1, 2016 | Featured, News, Profiles
An interesting development in Picton, Ont., provides a glimpse into a possible future business model for real estate brokerages across Canada. For the first time that I am aware of, a law firm in Ontario has established its own real estate brokerage to handle the...