Tag: purchaser

28 Jan

The Holdover Period, Real Estate Commissions and Listing Agreements

Sellers should be weary and concerned with agreeing to a holdover period as defined in a typical listing agreement to offer to sell a property. The...

11 Sep

Realtors; learn how to save a deal when spouses are feuding and being uncooperative over the sale of a property!

This article applies to legally married couples and not those in common-law arrangements. The long and the short of it is that IF both spouses are...

24 Aug

More Provisions in the Real Estate Agreement of Purchase and Sale

Spousal consentWhen selling a matrimonial home like a principal residence or cottage, it is always necessary to have the non-title holding spouse consent to the sale. ...

11 Jun

Some Notes on Municipal Tax Sales

GST On July 1, 2010, the Harmonize Sales Tax (HST) will replace GST in Ontario. However, the province’s municipal tax sales legislation precedes the federal GST...

6 May

The Duty to Disclose Property Defects

This question often comes up with clients: Are we required to disclose latent defects in the property we are selling?A latent defect is a defect that...