Tag: private mortgage

Tag: private mortgage

Can a lawyer act for both the lender and borrower?

In most conventional cases where the mortgage is not a "private" mortgage or loan transaction, there are no hard rules rather than good judgement and a...

How to rely on the available exemptions in the Province of Ontario from the requirements to be licensed under the Mortgage Brokerages, Lenders and Administrators Act.

In Ontario, Dealing, Trading, Lending and Administering mortgages are all regulated activities, which requires licensing under the Mortgage Brokerages, Lenders and Administrators Act (the “Act”), as...

Private Lending: Do not Rely on Someone Else’s Appraisal!

Often private lenders will receive a brief term sheet with an email introduction from a mortgage broker or agent trying to place a mortgage deal.  Included...

Do Private Lenders need a brokerage license to lend in Ontario?

Do Private Lenders need a brokerage license to lend in Ontario?  The Mortgage Brokerages, Lenders and Administrators Act, 2006 establishes that anyone acting as a mortgage lender...

Challenges in Starting a MIC: Paying Dividends

One of the biggest challenges in running a MIC is when you first realize that the investors who were once your private lenders are now expecting...

A MIC or a Mortgage Investment Corporation: What are they and how do you start one?

With significant potential for favourable rates of return and previously instituted tax exemptions, Canadian Mortgage Investment Corporations (MIC’s) are increasingly becoming recognized as a low-risk method...

MORTGAGE DEFAULT: Power of Sale or Foreclosure?

Although generally the real estate market in Ontario has been robust, the frenzied market of the past has caused an increase in mortgage defaults as a...