Construction Law
Why Landlords are discouraged from maintaining and adding apartments to existing rental complexes
Provincial and municipal governments in the past decade have permitted infill residential development because it allows for high density housing along major transportation corridors, thereby encouraging...
THE RESIDENTAL LANDORD AND COMMON HARDSHIPS
Politics and ideology continually influence the law regarding residential tenancies in Ontario, largely because of the nature of the subject. Whenever there is a major change...
Real Estate and New Environmental Laws
Passed on May 14, 2009, the Green Energy and Green Economy Act (“GEGEA”) and the enacted Green Energy Act (“Green Energy Act”) have as their main...
REAL ESTATE: Depending on the age and type of property, the following off title searches may be necessary!
Occupancy permits: For a newly built or renovated dwelling or an extension or addition thereto, it is necessary to find out whether or not the local...
REAL ESTATE: The necessary off title searches when buying a property!
There are other searches besides a title search, that are necessary to assure title and enhance the marketability of a property. The purpose of these searches...
A Note to Condominium Developers
Condominiums are becoming increasingly important as more people choose to live in condos. In recent years, the condo industry has been booming in Canada with new...
CONSTRUCTION LIEN: Basics
Basically, a construction lien is a remedy available for someone who improves someone else's property by way of supplying materials and or labour. If that person is owed monies...
MORTGAGES & FINANCE: Residential Construction Financing
In the residential market, construction financing is available for customers who are planning to build a new home or who want to reconstruct an existing property...
REAL ESTATE: Latent & Patent Defects when purchasing a home. Need a home inspection?
Latent defects in the eyes of the law applicable at the time when administering the sale of a real estate property (land, buildings and fixtures or chattels),...
THE BASICS TO LAND TITLE SEARCHES
A title search is conducted during the process of selling or purchasing or acquiring an interest in a property. Its purpose is to find out:If the...
