by admin | Dec 28, 2000 | 2000, 2000 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca December 28, 2000 Don’t take your home insurance for granted Make sure you have coverage you need Nicole and Tom were excited about moving into their home, and they weren’t the only ones delighted with the deal. It was the mid-1990s and the...
by admin | Dec 14, 2000 | 2000, 2000 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca December 14, 2000 Homeowners not liable for sidewalk mishaps Court rules legal responsibility rests with city despite snow-clearing bylaws STARFILE PHOTO DIGGING OUT: Property owners can be fined for not clearing sidewalk but can’t be sued in...
by admin | Dec 7, 2000 | 2000, 2000 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca December 7, 2000 Time real estate industry started e-mailing offers It happened again this week. A fax arrived from a local real estate office advising me that a client had bought a property. A copy of the offer accompanied the fax cover sheet....
by admin | Nov 30, 2000 | 2000, 2000 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca November 30, 2000 There’s no turning back on plan to automate land registry Ontario’s plan to automate its land registration system is more than 10 years behind schedule, and its projected cost of completion could exceed $1 billion, says a...
by admin | Nov 23, 2000 | 2000, 2000 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca November 23, 2000 Not all title insurers are alike First Canadian Title tried to get law changed Last week’s column was an introduction to title insurance, a relatively new way to protect home buyers against unpredictable and often undetectable...
by admin | Nov 18, 2000 | 2000, 2000 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca November 18, 2000 Why you should get title insurance Not long ago, an Ontario lawyer acted on a home purchase under a power of sale. The first mortgage had gone into arrears and the mortgagee had sold the house. Title showed that there was a...