by Chris Seepe | Jan 12, 2015 | Featured, Legal Issues
On the issue of disclosure and latent defects, an Ontario Small Claims Court judge recently awarded a ruling in favour of a buyer who alleged that the seller had not disclosed a defect that had repeatedly occurred over many years prior to the seller selling the...
by Chris Seepe | Dec 10, 2014 | Featured, Legal Issues
By Chris Seepe Landlords may be surprised and even angry to learn that the Ontario government operates an agency that primarily targets landlords who allegedly breach the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA), generally responding within 24 hours of a tenant filing a...
by Chris Seepe | Sep 25, 2014 | Advice for Agents
By Chris Seepe Sales reps generally agree that financing is the No. 1 reason real estate transactions fail. Why do lenders refuse to approve a loan even when the buyer and seller both agree on a purchase price? Often, sellers and their agents didn’t determine whether...
by Chris Seepe | Apr 24, 2014 | Legal Issues
Unlike the “Do Not Call” legislation intended to stem the flood of faxes in the late 1990s, the Canadian Anti-Spamming Legislation (CASL) that comes into law on July 1, 2014 has teeth and it could bite many unwary or unconcerned real estate professionals and...
by Chris Seepe | Feb 21, 2014 | Advice for Agents
By Chris Seepe I’ve been surprised by the disproportionate number of sales reps I’ve spoken with recently who don’t have as much opportunity in their sales pipeline as they had a couple of years earlier. One reason is that real estate prices remain stable but the...
