Real Estate Litigation Articles
Recent decision does little to dissuade dishonest realtors
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca Bob Aaron Recent decision does little to dissuade dishonest realtors Real Estate Council should have yanked agent’s licence The Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO), the governing body of the province’s real estate agents, has served notice on...
Home insurance policy not all that reassuring
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca January 26, 2002 Home insurance policy not all that reassuring You may be surprised by what isn’t covered When their son had an accident in his motorized go-kart, a southwestern Ontario couple found out the hard way what was, and was not,...
Living in Shuster’s house
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca January 19, 2002 Living in Shuster’s house I’ll always treasure the aura the late comic left behind as the original owner of my house You could say the recent death of Canadian comic legend Frank Shuster hit me where I live. Emotionally and...
Couple wins fight over new house
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca January 12, 2002 Couple wins fight over new house Bottom falls out of plans for their dream home after sales mixup Paul and Joanne learned the hard way about the problems that might arise when buying a new home from a builder who is not...
Woman loses `squatter’s rights’ case
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca January 5, 2002 Woman loses `squatter’s rights’ case Judge critical of attempts to `take over’ another couple’s property Tracey Murray owns the property at 7255 King St., in Caledon. She and her husband bought the house and land with two...
Tory bill takes aim at consumers
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca December 29, 2001 Tory bill takes aim at consumers Ontario’s minister of consumer and business services, Norm Sterling, has finally introduced Bill 152, his proposed new Real Estate and Business Brokers Act. The bill, which received its first...
The War and Peace of condo literature
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca December 22, 2001 The War and Peace of condo literature 719-page tome a must if you want to understand the new condo act When Toronto condominium lawyers Harry Herskowitz and Mark Freedman set out to write the definitive guide to the new...
New form gives buyers protection
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca December 18, 2001 New form gives buyers protection Standard offer sheet isn’t perfect, but it’s the best yet Back in the late 1980s, the real estate industry came under government pressure to introduce a standard agreement for the purchase of...
Making noise about noise
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca December 8, 2001 Making noise about noise B.C. precedent could help Toronto residents fight island airport expansion RICK EGLINTON/TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO WON CASE: Three families successfully sued Vancouver’s airport and the federal government...
Building a litany of broken promises
Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca December 1, 2001 Building a litany of broken promises Young couple walk away from deposit in home-buying nightmare When Christopher and Kelly decided to move out of their downtown Toronto apartment and buy a house last spring, they scouted out a...
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