by MarkWeisleder | Jul 16, 2018 | Advice for Agents, Legal Issues
Whenever I review a status certificate for a condominium buyer and it says that the unit contains Kitec plumbing, it will raise a red flag, especially when this was not disclosed to the buyer in advance. Here are five things to know about Kitec plumbing and how to...
by MarkWeisleder | Jun 13, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns, Legal Issues
Due to the rising cost of purchasing or renting a home, unrelated buyers and tenants are getting together to either buy or rent a home together, to get more for their money. In a recent newspaper article, I read about four young professionals who were able to rent a...
by Paul Pimentel | Jun 11, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns, Legal Issues
With media reports and international policy-making bodies pointing to Canadian real estate as a high-risk area for money laundering, and the promise of increased enforcement by regulators, it may be time for real estate brokers to review their compliance programs to...
by MarkWeisleder | May 25, 2018 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Legal Issues
We have seen what happens when deals do not close. Buyers and sellers sue each other and the only winners are the lawyers. No one gets paid any commission. Here are five tips to remember to make sure your deals close on time. 1. Do not close a sale and a purchase on...
by Harry Fine | May 16, 2018 | Featured, Guest Columns, Legal Issues
It should never have happened this way. It’s true that written tenancy agreements for Ontario’s residential landlords have been confusing and inconsistent. Many leases are jam-packed with illegal clauses, confusing provisions and in some cases, there is no written...
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...
