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Leasing your Primary Residence

When purchasing a house, a bank or mortgage company will typically have a set of Standard Charge Terms (SCT) that form part of the mortgage security for the home. If you purchase a home and later decide to move out...

By Merovitz Potechin on Wednesday October 15, 2014.

Landlord’s Right of Distress

While a landlord can exercise their right to seize the goods of a tenant, this right is not unlimited. Ontario courts have previously held that a landlord must choose between the mutually exclusive remedies of forfeiture or distress. This was...

By Merovitz Potechin on Monday July 14, 2014.

Tags: Commercial Landlord and Tenancy, Commercial Lease, eviction, Landlord, Tenant,

The Importance of a Timely Discharge of a Mortgage

On several occasions during the past year, our office has been involved in matters associated with undischarged mortgages. Certain of these mortgages had improperly remained on title for a period of at least 10-15 years.After the completion of a real...

By Merovitz Potechin on Monday May 12, 2014.

Offers, Counter-Offers and Properly Completing Your Real Estate Deal

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently handed down a decision in the case of Pilon v. Rosu. The plaintiff purchaser was interested in purchasing the defendant vendors' home. An Agreement of Purchase and Sale was prepared and executed by...

By Noah Potechin of Merovitz Potechin LLP on Wednesday April 9, 2014.

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