Real Estate Litigation Articles

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca The way some builders calculate estimated taxes is not the way the city does it and the result is a significant overcharge to buyers. Thousands of purchasers of new condominiums are being overcharged for property taxes. Here’s how it works: when...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Interest Act is intended to protect property owners against abusive lending practices. A decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled that late payment charges and default fees set out in a mortgage are unenforceable and contrary to the...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Toronto’s Laneway Project offers the perfect chance to honour these famous local comedians, suggests Bob Aaron.   The Aarons and the Shusters around 1985. L-R Bob Aaron, Dorothy Aaron, Frank Shuster, Ruth Shuster. The city of Toronto has about...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Insurance must cover missing wall, court rules Ontario homeowners who have purchased title insurance policies are the big winners in a Court of Appeal decision released last week. When Paul and Stefanie MacDonald bought their Toronto home back...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca One of the greatest shortfalls in Tarion’s consumer protection is in the area of marketing pre-construction houses and condominiums A review of consumer protections for owners of new homes is set to get underway. Retired associate chief justice...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca One of the greatest shortfalls in Tarion’s consumer protection is in the area of marketing pre-construction houses and condominiums, Bob Aaron says. A review of consumer protections for owners of new homes is set to get underway. Retired...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Sellers aren’t required to answer questions about their property, but they have to be truthful in what they say.Agreeing to fill out a Seller Property Information Statement makes the seller liable for the answers they give. Is a seller required...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Insurance claims against Ontario real estate lawyers cost their insurance company an average of $20.7 million a year, according to a fact sheet published last week by LawPRO, the Law Society’s insurance company.  LawPRO provides mandatory errors...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Under provincial law, the bottom of any navigable lakes or rivers typically belong to the Ontario Crown, and no docks or boathouses with foundations sitting on the bottom of a lake can be built without permission of the Minister of Natural...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca TVs, gym equipment and a piano were among the items left in the house (and later found to be missing) by the owner’s estate. The vast majority of real estate agents are honest, competent and caring individuals. Occasionally, however, one of them...