There are basic duties and obligations that are owed to the public. They may be found in both the common law, and laws of general application. Particularly, there are some …
Schedule “A” Interpretation
The standard form agreement of purchase and sale in Ontario includes a standard four pages of fine print plus fill in the blanks, followed by a Schedule “A”. It is …
Ineffective Exclusionary Clauses
Most agreements of purchase and sale will contain an exclusionary clause. Do they work? First, let’s have a look at exactly what they say. Reproduced below is the relevant wording …
Agent Concealing Listing and Offer
RECO Discipline This is a rather unusual case that came before the Discipline Committee of the Real Estate Council of Ontario. Here are the allegations of impropriety concerning the agent : 1. …
Real Estate Agent: Keeping Relatives Secret
Multiple Representation This could present something of a problem! And, recently it did for an Ontario real estate agent who thought that it would be best if he failed to …
Open it up!
For most of the twentieth century, house designs divided houses up into a number of rooms for specific purposes. In the early 1900’s, in addition to the regular rooms, parlours …
Theft by a Real Estate Agent: Penalty
Agent took own CMA You might wonder what would prompt a real estate agent to steal from a home. By the way, the defence “I was just getting my own …
Real Estate Values in Uncertain Times
October 2022 I have reproduced an article written on 8 October 2008, that was 14 years ago. That was the worst the world economy had ever been in recent times: …
Squatter Makes Millions!
And you thought squatter’s rights were abolished years ago. In part, you’re right, but you must remember that there are two systems of land registration. Under the land titles system, …
Toronto and GTA Markets in September 2022
GTA REALTORS® Release September Stats October 5, 2022: “The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) housing market continued its adjustment to higher borrowing costs in September 2022. Sales for the month reached 5,038, …