by Natalka Falcomer | Sep 9, 2020 | Featured
The recent changes to Ontario’s Residential Tenancies Act aimed to address the myriad of issues created by the fact that living in cities is just not affordable. But these changes didn’t address a solution many tenants have found to dealing with the unaffordability...
by Chris Seepe | Aug 27, 2019 | News
Most residential landlords would say without hesitation that Ontario’s annual rent increase guideline does not fairly reflect the true cost of operating a residential rental property in Ontario. Is that really true? I couldn’t find anyone – landlords, government...
by Avi Rosen | Jun 24, 2019 | Legal Issues
Many agents come to our office with this problem. The agent has executed an Agreement of Purchase and Sale while there is a tenant on the premises and the purchaser wants vacant possession. We were initially retained to defend a client on a matter of unauthorized...
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 Mark Weisleder - Senior Partner, RealEstateLawyers.ca LLP | Oct 26, 2017 | Legal Issues
In this video, Toronto real estate lawyer Mark Weisleder outlines changes in Ontario’s Residential Tenancies Act, including expanded rent controls, changes to the “family reason” for terminating a lease, new rules and forms involving evictions and more. Mark Weisleder...
