Real Estate Litigation Articles

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca April 14, 2007 Don’t buy without a home inspection Twas the night after closing And all through the house, The only ones stirring Were kids, wife and spouse. The reason sleep failed them Was not very nice The house was infested With dozens of...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca April 7, 2007 No protection for conversion projects In September 2002, Marianne Logger signed an agreement to buy a new condominium unit at the prestigious Chateau Royale project on James St. S., in Hamilton. She gave the builder, Bear Inc., a...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca March 31, 2007 Bank takes a hard hit with condo parking space fraud Transactions lend new meaning to concept of 90 per-cent financing Imagine being able to buy an $11,000-parking space in a classy Markham condominium project and then getting a...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca March 24, 2007 City land transfer tax a bad idea Proposal could cost Toronto much more than it brings in, expert warns The City of Toronto’s proposal to impose a municipal land transfer tax on the purchase of all real estate in the city has the...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca March 17, 2007 Advocacy group dissatisfied with Tarion However, minister indicates that improvements to warranty program are unlikely www.tarionsucks.com owned by Tarion Warranty Corporation Canadians for Properly Built Homes (CPBH), an...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca March 10, 2007 Condo battle ends after 14 years Can a buyer back out of the purchase of a condominium unit and get a refund of the deposit if there are municipal work orders against the building? Last year, after an incredible 14 years of...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca March 3, 2007 Real estate commissions must be paid A decision of the Ontario Divisional Court late last year serves as a good reminder that it’s not a good idea to try to avoid an obligation to pay real estate commission, and it’s an even worse...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca February 24, 2007 Bylaw breach turns costly When Igor and Marina Lazarev decided to add a second storey to their East York bungalow, they probably never expected that they would wind up in a courtroom arguing about whether the height of the roof...

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