Question: I am the Listing agent and I sold a listing outside of my regular area. Buyer Agent is asking for an additional final 15 minute walkthrough before closing, despite …
Seller Should not be “Too Nice”
Caivan (Creekside) Limited Partnership et al. v. Logoteta et al., 2025 ONSC 1875 We have an expensive pre-construction townhouse at the height of the market. The Buyers are in breach …
Resale Put the Builder in Breach
The Agreement of Purchase remained alive after November 10, so, the March 2023 resale constituted a breach by the builder. By selling the property to a third party, they made …
RECO: The Registrar’s Role under Investigation
Dentons prepared a Report following a series of interviews. My comments appear in Italics. Here are some statements directly relevant to the Registrar’s role: According to the Registrar, the intention …
Mortgage Rates – 21 November 2025
Current Mortgage Rates: “A” Lending Rates: Fixed 3.84% (insured) | 4.14% (conventional) Variable 3.70% (insured) | 3.90% (conventional) Rental 4.69% (fixed) | 4.45% (variable) …
Commercial Indicators – 21 November 2025
Commercial Bond Yields CMB5 Year – 2.94% CANHOU 12/15/30[-0.04%] 10 Year – 3.56%*Est. CANHOU 03/15/36[-0.04%] Floating Rate insured cost of funds 2.81%[-] Prime Rate 4.45%[-] GoC2 Year – 2.54%CAN 09/01/28[-0.03%] 3 Year – 2.67% CAN 09/01/29[-0.04%] 5 …
RECO: Registrar Reports to the CEO
Let’s have a quick look at the Dentons’ Report at page 13: “Registrar’s decision-making process in the iPro Matters and regulatory framework inadequately integrated the Statutory Director position TRESA establishes …
MLS Misrepresentations
Cases: Ontario Courts and RECO Decisions This table collects notable Ontario court decisions and RECO discipline decisions from 2020–2025 that are directly relevant to claims based on misrepresentations in MLS …
Who Knew at RECO: Ask Joe!
When it comes to the iPro affair, everyone points their fingers at Joe. But, was he the only one at RECO who knew what was going on? Let’s have a …
UFFI: In the House
Question: The buyers did a home inspection and were happy with it, so they removed that condition, and closed the deal. But months later, the buyers found UFFI. They want …