by MarkWeisleder | Mar 26, 2018 | Featured, Legal Issues
I recently wrote about whether murders, suicides or haunted houses needed to be disclosed to a buyer. My answer for the most part in Canada was no. We now have the case of Wang v Shao, out of the B.C. Supreme Court, released on March 9, 2018. Has this case changed my...
by MarkWeisleder | Mar 5, 2018 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
We were all horrified to learn that a serial killer in Toronto was allegedly a landscaper who disposed of human body parts in planters at properties and may have buried remains in the gardens of homes he worked at. One of the owners said they would not sell their...
by Natalka Falcomer | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured
The scenario: your client is selling a property. You’ve done your due diligence and you’ve pored over all kinds of research to make sure you have the right listing price. You don’t list the property on MLS because you already have a few potential buyers lined up. What...
by MarkWeisleder | Dec 14, 2017 | Columnists, Featured, Legal Issues
Real estate lawyer Mark Weisleder outlines the difference between patent and latent defects, and what needs to be disclosed by the seller when selling a property. He also offers some tips for buyers on ways to tell if the property has a checkered past....
by Martin Rumack | Aug 31, 2016 | Advice for Agents, Featured, Legal Issues
I am often asked by sellers to advise how much (or how little) information they must provide to potential buyers. It’s never an easy answer. Although the time-honoured saying “buyer beware”’ still holds, in law the seller has a legal obligation to disclose what...
