by admin | Aug 21, 2010 | 2010 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Mortgage fraud may no longer be on the front pages, but the fallout from hundreds of past fraud cases is still wending its way through Ontario courts. The most recent decision in this area of law was released in June by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and...
by admin | Aug 7, 2010 | 2010 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca When a lawyer is presented with an unconditional but obviously defective agreement of purchase and sale by a client, does he or she have an obligation to try to negotiate an improvement to its terms? That was the question for the court to decide...
by admin | Jul 24, 2010 | 2010 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Before closing the purchase of their home, Pierre Marcoux and Caroline Bougie discovered the City of Toronto building department had an open file on the house. They wanted the seller, Darlene Remlinger, to rectify the situation by having the...
by admin | Jul 10, 2010 | 2010 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca A discipline decision by the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO) earlier this year has established what may be a new disclosure standard for real estate agents dealing with basement apartments and land surveys. Back in 2006, Richmond Hill real...
by admin | Jun 26, 2010 | 2010 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Back in April, 2006, Walter and Shelley Cotton signed an agreement to buy their dream home in Brantford. After closing, the house turned out to be the worst nightmare they could have imagined, requiring them to spend more than $85,000 to bring it up to building code....
