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2011
Here is an interesting opportunity offered by our own well-known Larry Easto. If anyone needs one-on-one assistance, please do not hesitate to give Larry a call. Yesterday, I wrote about the dilemma interfering with the planned development of my real estate marketing coaching services. As attrac...
01/06/2011
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Law of Property (Real and Personal) There are two basic divisions in the law of property which goes back to the Middle Ages: 1) real property, 2) personal property. These two same divisions continue to the present day. The remedies were different. The successful party in the case of real p...
01/06/2011
Women's Evolving Rights in Respect to Real Property By Brian Madigan LL.B. There is no question that the statutory provisions contained in the Married Women's Property Act were helpful to the women's liberation cause. The changes started prior to Confederation. When a woman married a man, she lo...
01/05/2011
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Terms Posted Rates Preferred Rates 6 MONTHS 4.45% 3.95% 1 YEAR 3.35% 2.54% 2 YEARS 3.60% 3.20% 3 YEARS 4.15% 3.59% 4 YEARS 4.94% 3.79% 5 YEARS 5.19% 3.94% 7 YEARS 6.09% 4.75% 10 YEARS 6.40% 5.15% Rates are subject to change without notice. *OAC E&OE Other Rates: CURRENT PRIME RATE IS 3.00% CURRE...
01/04/2011
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Married Women and the Right to Own Property By Brian Madigan LL.B. Of course, married women have the right to own property. They have had that right ever since 31 March 1978. That was the date that the Family Law Act (Ontario) came into force. Before that time, there was some uncertainty, alth...
01/04/2011
Agent's Obligation to Disclose and Deliver SPIS By Brian Madigan LL.B. This is a rather strange situation and can only arise if the agent acts with a cavalier disregard to others. Robert Jones took a listing to sell Bill Smith's property. Smith told Jones that there was a special assessment for ...
01/03/2011
Consent Agreement ~ Implications for Other Professionals By Brian Madigan LL.B. The Consent agreement reached 24 October 2010 between CREA and the Competition Bureau will have a profound impact upon the real estate industry and the marketing of properties for sale. At first, there will be resist...
01/03/2011
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Trashed or Protected by Google? Google terminated my blog. They just took it down! Apparently, the reason is "unusual activity". An explanation suggests that it might be "spam". While the quality of my writing may vary over the months, it is at least "original". Google will perform an independent...
01/02/2011