by James R.G. Cook | Dec 14, 2020 | Featured, Legal Issues
A misrepresentation by the seller and real estate agent as to the square footage of a residential property in Stouffville, Ont. resulted in the rescission of the Agreement of Purchase and Sale (APS) and the return of the $50,000 deposit. (Issa v. Wilson, 2020 ONCA 756...
by Sohini Bhattacharya | Dec 11, 2020 | Boards & Associations, Featured
Recently Tim Hudak, CEO of the Ontario Real Estate Association, released a statement confirming that in its 2020 budget, the Ontario government has adopted two OREA recommendations “focused on harnessing housing as an economic engine to support businesses, create jobs...
by David Greenspan | Dec 10, 2020 | Advice for Agents, Featured
To put a roof on a house, we need walls. To put walls up, we need a foundation. To start the foundation, we need footings. Everything needs support. Over the past month I’ve talked a lot about goal setting and getting prepped for your new year. Part of bringing it all...
by Rick Mayuk | Dec 9, 2020 | Featured, Guest Columns
Many buyers and sellers are viewing properties and having their homes visited in a much different way thanks to COVID-19. The same is true for home inspections. Inspectors have had to adapt processes to strike a balance between meeting safe social distancing needs...
by Natalka Falcomer | Dec 8, 2020 | Featured, Legal Issues
COVID-19 has forever changed business as usual. The most obvious way it has changed, perhaps forever, is that we have dispensed with the strict enforcement of our contracts, especially in the commercial leasing space. I believe that courts will mirror this change by...
by Myles Shane | Dec 7, 2020 | Featured, Profiles
Last year Marta Pozniakowski, a broker from Etobicoke, Ont., purchased a laundromat that had been in the neighbourhood for more than four decades. Recently, she opened her new real estate brokerage in that space, with an espresso bar at the front. Why, during the...
