Canada: Conveyancing

Ontario's 2026 real estate market presents unique challenges for homeowners attempting to sell properties with minimal equity. Real estate lawyer Paria Rad explores the complexities of shortfall sales, examining the potential pitfalls of firm offers and emphasizing the critical importance of legal consultation before executing any Agreement of Purchase and Sale.

Purchasing a condominium in Ontario requires thorough examination of the status certificate, which reveals the corporation's financial health, legal matters, and governing rules.

Ontario courts have consistently held that property purchasers cannot rely solely on parcel register entries when assessing easement rights. Administrative errors during land registry conversions can create discrepancies where easements appear on dominant lands but not on servient properties, yet courts have repeatedly ordered title rectification to protect these rights. This analysis examines key Ontario cases and provides practical guidance for lawyers conducting title reviews.

Municipal zoning by-laws regulate, among other things, the number of separate residential units that are permitted in a property. Violation of a zoning by-law may lead to the municipality...

In Armstrong v Penny, 2023 ONSC 2843 (CanLII), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice addressed a homeowners' nightmare scenario arising from the discovery that their residence...

In Iskenderov, the Bank of Montreal sought to set aside the transfer of a matrimonial home from a husband to his wife as part of a separation agreement.

Over the last two weeks, we've been looking at the various closing costs that first-time home buyers face in addition to the down payment.

More often than not, buyers and sellers wrap up their real estate deal, sign on the dotted line and then head to the lawyer with papers in hand.

As of January 1, 2017, there are new land transfer tax ("LTT") tax rates applicable to the purchase of land (residential and commercial) in Ontario.