by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | Mar 3, 2021 | Featured, Legal Issues
The design of MLS listings strongly encourage real estate agents and their sellers to share as much information about a property as possible, including the measurements of each room and overall size of the property. By and large, the inclusion of property size...
by Shaneka Shaw Taylor | Feb 12, 2021 | Featured, Legal Issues
When a purchaser fails to close a real estate transaction, in addition to showing that the seller was ready, willing and able to close on the scheduled closing date, in order to obtain judgment for any losses the seller may have suffered, the seller is required to...
by James R.G. Cook | Jan 11, 2021 | Featured, Legal Issues
A recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice affirmed that preliminary discussions between a buyer and seller regarding the potential zoning or future uses of a property are generally superseded by the written terms of the purchase agreement....
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 James R.G. Cook | Nov 25, 2020 | Featured, Legal Issues
In Bilotta v. Booth, 2020 ONCA 522, the Ontario Court of Appeal determined that the buyer of a residential property did not have the right to refuse to close a transaction on the basis that they had not been provided with timely notice of water damage from a basement...
