by admin | Sep 12, 2009 | 2009 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
The vast majority of residential real estate transactions close as scheduled, without problems or disputes. The chances of any given real estate deal resulting in litigation involving the buyers, sellers and real estate agents increase dramatically when the agents...
by admin | Sep 5, 2009 | 2009 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca In the course of my real estate law practice in Toronto, I often review condominium status certificates for purchasers. Usually this is a fairly routine function, where the lawyer looks for arrears in common expense payments, underfunded reserve...
by admin | Aug 29, 2009 | 2009 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca When Amos Hertzman and Caitlin Pencarrick bought their small frame house in Vancouver’s historical Strathcona neighbourhood five years ago, they never imagined it would turn into the “renovation from hell.” Nor could they have...
by admin | Aug 22, 2009 | 2009 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca I was reviewing an offer to purchase a Toronto house last week and was surprised to see a condition that I had never seen before in an offer on a city home. The clause made the agreement conditional on the buyer obtaining a satisfactory Wood...
by admin | Aug 15, 2009 | 2009 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
Back in the spring of 2004, Timothy and Cherese Scherbak signed a listing agreement to sell their property on Boland Ave. in Sudbury, using the services of Wendy Weddell and Re/Max Sudbury Inc. The Sellers Property Information Statement (SPIS), which they signed at...
by admin | Aug 8, 2009 | 2009 Toronto Star Columns, Toronto Star Property Law Columns
A decision released by the Supreme Court of Canada last month raises the interesting question of how much privacy an individual may expect with respect to personal photographs taken inside his or her own home. The story began in June 2001. Agnieska Wojtanowska (Agnes)...
