by admin | Sep 27, 2019 | 2019 Toronto Star Property Law Column, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca When homebuyers discover before closing that the sellers are involved in boundary litigation with their neighbours, are they obliged to close the deal? And when buyers discover that the land being purchased is smaller on paper than it appears on...
by admin | Sep 13, 2019 | 2019 Toronto Star Property Law Column, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca There’s nothing like having your property burn to the ground to focus your attention on the need for good property insurance. Three years ago, my business partners Ben and Jill, and my wife Dorothy and I, purchased a $230,000 triplex in a small...
by admin | Sep 6, 2019 | 2019 Toronto Star Property Law Column, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca In today’s real estate market, it’s not unusual for new home buyers to find themselves in a dilemma. One situation can be that the value of the pre-construction house drops below the contract purchase price, and they cannot get enough mortgage...
by admin | Aug 17, 2019 | 2019 Toronto Star Property Law Column, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Property owner stuck with $25,000 in court costs over cottage’s pre-existing issues Will a title insurance policy protect a buyer when the house has a serious construction deficiency making it unsafe and unmarketable to a future buyer? That was...
by admin | Aug 2, 2019 | 2019 Toronto Star Property Law Column, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca “What could be more Canadian than Toronto neighbours arguing about building an addition on a house?” asked Justice Ed Morgan in one of his decisions released earlier this year. “Homeowners arguing about a maple tree, of course,” he continued....
