Real Estate Litigation Articles

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca March 3, 2001 Why racist restrictions no longer apply in land deals < Today, anyone can buy a house, but it wasn’t always that way When London, Ont. lawyer Edward Richmond died in January at the age of 80, he left behind a a legacy which...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca February 24, 2001 Beware the `Oklahoma’ swindle Buyer rebate scam is not legal Last month in this column, I wrote about the "Oklahoma" swindle, a scam where the purchase price of a house is artificially inflated by a device like a kickback of...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca February 17, 2001 Cement case hard to work out   For 137 people in eastern Ontario, the purchase of their homes was the realization of a dream. For some it was their first home, and for others it was their retirement home. None of them could...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca February 8, 2001 Should homeowner pay off mortgage or invest in RRSP? It’s RRSP season, and, judging from the avalanche of promotional hype, it may seem there’s only one choice for Canadians: invest as much as you can afford into a Registered...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca February 2, 2001 Who’s liable if dog bites? Home or auto insurance should cover legal damages In the 25-plus years I have been living in the same house, no four-legged creature ever crossed the threshold – until last month. Succumbing to a...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca January 26, 2001 `Oklahoma swindle’ is just plain real estate fraud Inflating purchase price on home sale is illegal What should you do when your real estate agent suggests something that sounds just a bit suspicious? That was the dilemma Mike...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca January 18, 2001 In pursuance of plain English, forthwith It’s time for lawyers and contracts to use plain English One of the worst examples of outdated legal writing style today is the document most familiar to the home-buying public – the...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca January 11, 2001 What if your house was sold out from under you? How would you feel if you woke up tomorrow morning to find out that someone had placed a fraudulent mortgage on your house, let it go into default, completed a phony foreclosure,...

Bob Aaron bob@aaron.ca January 4, 2001 Why condo cash deal caused concern Big bucks in a bag viewed with suspicion Tim was in his early 20s when he bought his first condominium home a few years ago. He told his lawyer he was self-employed “in the computer business”...