Residential & Commercial Leases
What Residential Landlords are Not Normally Aware Of
In 2002, the Conservative government provincial legislature offered some concessions to landlords by enacting a regulation allowing landlords to avoid liability for carrying out maintenance work as long...
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 OPTIONS: Is an Option to purchase property marketable on the MLS?
An Option to purchase luxurious real estate is a contract between two parties giving the purchaser the exclusive right (without the obligation) to buy the property....
ASSIGNMENTS: Assigning your lease, rights in a partnership or intellectual property
Just like any other contractual right, real estate property rights can also be assigned. But, there are special duties and liabilities attaching to transfers of the right...
WHAT IS CONSIDERED A CONTRACT: Consideration
Known as "the price of a promise" and a controversial requirement for contracts under common law, consideration is required under most common-law and civil law systems, while some commentators...
BUYING A RESIDENTIAL INCOME PROPERTY – A Primer
With the Ontario real estate market demonstrating continued resilience, many people are still putting their confidence in real estate as an investment option across Ontario. These...
SOME BASIC REAL ESTATE TAX STRATEGIES
Proactive and preemptive tax strategizing is important when filing an income tax return. The income and excise taxation of Canadian real estate would primarily depend on...
