Get your yearly legal checkup done! The Top 10 Reasons For Your Legal Checkup We all know that it’s good practice to go to the doctor once a year for a health checkup. This yearly checkup lets us know if we are healthy. It also alerts us to potential health problems in [...]
Land Titles Registrations Understanding Which Alberta Land Title Registrations Are Important Under the land registration system used in Alberta (which is based on the Torrens System of land registration), instruments registered on title are guaranteed by the Government of Alberta. This means that anyone can rely on the validity and security of [...]
Buyers sue over sweet smell of sea air The Sweet Smell of the Sea, or Not If you’ve lived inland for most of your life, imagine how nice it would be to live close to the sea. You could see the water, hear the waves, and listen to the seabirds. Having a seaside [...]
Dear neighbor, Due to your new terawatt floodlight shining through our bedroom window like a small but intense sun, I have removed the lamp and placed it in your letterbox. Regards, David ----------------------------------------- From: Justin Date: Sunday May 6, 6:52pm To: David Subject: Lamp I received your note but you cant go onto other peoples [...]
What would you do if you had the world's worst neighbor? What if your next-door condo owner was so abrasive in her or his interactions with other owners in the building, that all efforts toward civil accord were futile? What if this owner had a lengthy history of physical assaults on residents; of intimidating neighbors [...]
Buyer brokerage agreements are becoming more popular. Some real estate offices have mandated them for all their real estate agents to start using. Although this date has been pushed back already, it looks like all realtors will start using buyer brokerage agreements in the near future. How do Real Estate Commissions Get Paid? When a [...]
Chattels. What are they? And why is it important to know what they are? Read here to learn what you need to know about chattels. Also find the link at the bottom of this article to our video on Chattels. What are Chattels? Chattels, in the context of real estate and everything else, is stuff. [...]
A Power of attorney lets someone sign documents on your behalf. There is a specific power of attorney. This type is for a specific situation. These situations include things like buying or selling a specific house. There is also a general power of attorney. This type lets someone sign documents for you for a broad [...]
CONDOMINIUMS - Purchase and sale of - Deposits- Disclosure Statement- Termination of purchase agreement- Refund of Deposit - Residential unit - Real Estate Development Marketing Act - Real Estate. Appeal by the buyer of real estate, Essalat, from a order giving $1,136,000 to the developer, Burrard Residential, for the deposit on a luxury Condominium. On [...]
SALE OF LAND - Agreement of purchase and sale - Remedies - Specific performance - Real estate agents - Real estate brokers - Duty to disclose information. Action by the plaintiff, Rakhra, for forcing a contract to go through (specific performance) for the purchase and sale of residential real estate property owned by the defendants, [...]