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Real estate deals falling though - Greg Weedon Seminar

Sunday Nov 27th, 2022

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In this blog we post a seminar by our lawyer of choice Greg Weedon on the subject of the buyers’ real estate contract breaches. The seminar is fairly lengthy at about an hour and twenty minutes, to help navigate the video we have posted topic timeline below and we suggest watching the video along with the summary prepared by Greg and posted here. The seminar is designed for the real estate agents, but we think anyone interested in the process would find it interesting, there are... [read more]

HST rebate on new construction – 1 year rule internet legend.

Sunday Nov 13th, 2022

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Since in this blog we are discussing tax rules, I would strongly suggest you to get the advice from a qualified tax specialist. What prompted us to write a blog on the subject is frequent misinformation posted on various popular online forums stating that one must reside in the property for 1 year or more in order to qualify for the hst new construction rebate. Before we get to it let’s quickly recap what is the new construction hst rebate, and how it works in Ontario. A... [read more]

How important is title insurance?

Saturday Feb 25th, 2023

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In short title insurance is very important, before we explain why lets briefly summarize what title insurance is. What is title insurance? Title insurance is a policy that protects residential and commercial property owners and their lenders against the losses resulting from the property title or ownership. There are tow main types, owner’s policy and lender’s policy. Is title insurance mandatory? No, it is not. If there is a mortgage on the property the lender may... [read more]

First Home Savings Account (FHSA) – all you need to know.

Sunday Apr 2nd, 2023

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First Home Savings Account (FHSA) was first announced in 2022 and is finally available as of April 1, 2023. In this article we will summarize the main aspects of this program and go into details further down, if you have a question that hasn’t been answered just drop us a line. As a general comment, the federal government has been recently introducing other programs such as The First-Time Home Buyer Incentive which flopped miserably and gained almost no traction, on the other hand... [read more]

Builders may not be able to squeeze extra money from the buyers.

Monday Jul 24th, 2023

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In recent years we have heard of many instances of builders demanding extra money from the purchases of pre-construction residential properties, in many cases the options were to pay thousands of dollars or to terminate the contract. This may not be that easy going forward, in the case of Dhaliwal v Midland homes the judge recently ruled that the builder must honour the original purchase price and is not entitled to any additional funds. In summary Dhaliwal’s purchased a... [read more]

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