Putting your house on the market can be trying at the best of times, but stress levels step up a notch when the property you’re selling is occupied by a tenant. In my experience, you can predict how rocky or smooth a sale involving a leased home will be based on the
Many of us have been – or at least know – victims of car theft or jewellery theft…but what about house theft? It might sound a bit outlandish, but title fraud is not unknown in Ontario, while police on Vancouver Island recently warned residents to be on guard against scammers using fake passports
Big changes could be on the way for Ontario’s estate laws if the provincial government gets its way. The Ford administration recently introduced Bill 245 the Accelerating Access to Justice Act at Queen’s Park.
Probate just got a little easier for some small estates. The provincial government recently announced that it would raise the limit for those considered “small estates” from $50,000 to $150,000. “Right now, the process to apply to manage an estate in Ontario is the same, whether the estate is worth
Reverse mortgages are growing in popularity as the quality of the products available improves. Better Dwelling, a news outlet covering the housing market, reports that reverse mortgage debt has spiked in Canada over the last couple of years, with Canadians owing around $4.3 billion in total to regulated financial institutions
Think carefully about what goes in your MLS listing, because you could be held to it. The real estate listing is up there with the Agreement of Purchase and Sale in terms of importance, and buyers are entitled to rely on its contents.
