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Recently the Assessment Review Board (ARB) reduced a contaminated property’s value for taxation to zero.

It has been said that when you’re negotiating to buy something, you’re also selling.

When couples embark on the journey of purchasing property together, the excitement of homeownership often overshadows important conversations about individual property rights. A recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision...

On November 2, 2021, the B.C. government extended the Land Owner Transparency Registry filing deadline for pre-existing owners from November 30, 2021, to November 30, 2022.

In order to address the affordability crisis and provide for more long-term rental housing, the BC provincial government has introduced new regulations targeting short-term rentals such as Airbnb's.

The British Columbia government has announced new rules aimed at ending the recently decried practice of shadow flipping of real estate contracts.

The facts of the case were not that unusual. The plaintiffs/purchasers (the "Purchasers") were looking to buy a property that was no more than five or six years old.

On December 9, 2023, the Federal Prompt Payment for Construction Work Act, SC 2019, c 29, s 387 ("Act") came into force.

On June 1, 2022, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec (commonly referred to as "Bill 96") was assented to. Below is a brief summary of Bill 96's impact on Quebec real estate matters.

On May 24, 2022, the Québec government adopted Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec (the "Bill") which aims "to affirm that the only...

The British Columbia Law Institute published its Consultation Paper on Complex Stratas seeking public comments on proposed reforms to the Strata Property Act and its regulations...

You have recently closed the deal on what you thought was your perfect dream home. After moving in you discover that the house is in need of many more significant repairs than you expected.

Long before municipal zoning by-laws existed, restrictive covenants were used as an effective community planning tool.

Since 2022, Zown Realty Inc. ("Zown") has provided Canadians with an easy, fast and comprehensive app to support those looking to buy or sell real estate. Zown recently expanded into the United States and has already seen early success.

In a rather strange case, the plaintiff alleged that the defendants sold the plaintiff a commercial property that was haunted.

Frequent readers of this blog may recall a post from October 2012, in which we wrote about a Supreme Court of Canada decision that some believed, at the time, would result in the "death knell" for the remedy of specific performance in Canada at least in respect of commercial real estate transactions.

"Locally-sourced food" is taking on new meaning in the City of Toronto. Late last year, City council approved a backyard chicken pilot project which will allow residents in four wards ..