Ontario Real Estate Lawyers are listed under the following cities:

Barrie | Cambridge | London | Markham | Mississauga | Niagara Falls | Ottawa | Scarborough | Toronto | Welland

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Cambridge, Ontario Real Estate Lawyers

PSH Lawyers, 519-621-2450
403-73 Water St. N, Cambridge, Ontario, N1R 7L6 Email Website Mobile Site

logo PSH Lawyers is a full service law firm serving Cambridge, Ontario since 1970.

London, Ontario Real Estate Lawyers

Franchise Law, 800-816-9596
680 Waterloo Street, London, Ontario, N6A 3V8 Email Website Mobile Site

Franchising, licensing and distribution is all we do. We support those areas of excellence with specific support groups, such as immigration, employment law, dispute resolution, leasing and real estate, corporate, etc. We offer fixed fees in relation to most corporate and transactional needs. Our use of leading-edge technology ensures rapid and accurate response, regardless of your location, with a level of efficiency that "old-style" law firms can only dream about. Our credentials are second to none.

Mississauga, Ontario Real Estate Lawyers

Complete Real Estate Law, 416-477-5673
120 Watline Avenue, Suite 5, Mississauga, Ontario, L4Z 2C1 Email Website Mobile Site

Complete Real Estate Law Your home is your castle and is a huge investment. We at Complete Real Estate Lawyer provide smooth and simplified closings. Welcome! I’m so happy you’re here. Over and over we hear from our clients how relieved they were to find us. Our law firm has grown in response to your needs. You asked for fast stress-free real estate transactions. We gave it to you! You asked for easy, cost-effective separation and divorce. We gave it to you. Relax! You’ve found a law firm that cares about you!!!!

Niagara Falls, Ontario Real Estate Lawyers

Brian Wilcox Professional Corporation, 905-358-0782
6150 Valley Way, Suite 118, Niagara Falls, Ontario L2E 1Y3 Email Website Mobile Site

logo Our office is a full service law firm. With over 25 years of legal experience, we offer our clients assistance with problems experienced in most areas of the law. Our law firm has an exceptional law library for its size, including modern computer legal research facilities. We see our clients as friends and neighbours and we take the extra steps to give quality legal services to our clients. We are constantly rewarded by our clients regularly expressing their satisfaction with our service. Our mission is to provide our clients with the best legal service through passionate and assertive representation, personal attention and professional diligence. We strive to make lasting relationships with our clients.

Martin Sheppard Fraser LLP, 905-354-1611
Toll-Free: 1-800-263-2502
4701 St. Clair Avenue, P.O. Box 900, Niagara Falls, Ontario L2E 6V7 Email Website Mobile Site

logo Martin Sheppard Fraser LLP's reputation for outstanding legal services spans more than a century in Niagara. Its founders were respected as leaders of the Ontario Bar. Martin Sheppard Fraser LLP is proud of this tradition of excellence. Today, the partners and associates continue to offer quality legal advice to their clients, both corporate and individual, with an eye to the unique challenges of the twenty-first century.

Ottawa, Ontario Real Estate Lawyers:

Williams McEnery, 613-237-0520
169 Gilmour Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0N8 Email Website Mobile Site

The Williams McEnery name is synonymous with results. We combine top-calibre legal expertise with uncompromising client commitment, representing your interests as though they were our own. Our team of trial lawyers is led by senior partner Eric Williams, whose successes in and out of court have earned the highest acclaim of his peers.

Toronto, Ontario Real Estate Lawyers:

Franchise Law, 800-816-9596
47 Colborne Street Suite 203 Toronto, Ontario M5E 1P8 Email Website Mobile Site

Heydary Hamilton PC
439 University Ave
Suite 1200
Toronto, ON
M5G 1Y8

Phone: 416-972-9001
Fax: 416-972-9940
Toll Free: 1-866-HEYDARY

Welland, Ontario Real Estate Lawyers:

Flett Beccario, 905-732-4481
190 Division Street, P. O. Box 340, Welland, Ontario Ontario L3B 5P9 Email Website Mobile Site

logo Flett Beccario, Barristers & Solicitors is a firm of eight lawyers and nineteen support staff located in the City of Welland, Ontario. Flett Beccario has served the City of Welland and the surrounding area, since 1919. John Hamilton Flett started his law practice in 1919. In 1949 Carl Beccario became Mr. Flett's partner and Philip Crouch joined the practice thereafter. The firm has a strong history with two of its past lawyers having been appointed as Judges.

Flett Beccario is a well-respected and reputable firm in the community. The firm's knowledgeable lawyers and staff are always willing to assist individuals and companies with their legal needs. Flett Beccario is dedicated and committed to its clients and the community.

Barrie, Ontario Real Estate Lawyers:

Hogben Mayhew Hill
39 Owen Street
Barrie, Ontario
L4M 4T7

Toll Free: 1-888-766-7907
Fax: 705-726-3895

Markham, Ontario Real Estate Lawyers:

Parnes Rothman
4701 Highway #7
P.O. Box 3249
Markham Industrial Park
Markham, Ontario L3R 6G6

Phone: 905-477-5151
Fax: 905-477-6778

Scarborough, Ontario Real Estate Lawyers:

Brian C. McMurter
505 Ellesmere Rd.
Ste 3
Scarborough, Ontario
M1R 4E5

Phone: 416-747-6200
Fax: 416-747-6208

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Real Estate Law

Real property refers to land which includes not only the face of the earth but everything of a permanent nature over or under it. This also includes structures and minerals.

For the most part, the provinces have exclusive jurisdiction over the land within their borders not the Federal Government.

Forms of Real Estate Ownership

Fee Simple
Title (or ownership) to most real estate is held in what is called "fee simple" ownership. This includes most single family homes, town house and apartment condominiums, commercial properties and vacant lots or land.

Strata Title
Condominiums are a special type of "fee simple" ownership called "strata title". This means you have "title" or ownership of both your own town house or apartment unit and, along with the other strata owners, you also own a portion of the "common property" in and around the building.

Strata Corporations and Bylaws - The Condominium Act (Revised Statutes of BC 1996, Chapter 64) and the bylaws of the strata corporation set out the rules and regulations which determine each owner's rights and obligations to other owners.
The strata corporation is created when the original developer files a strata plan in the Land Title Office. The members of the strata corporation are the current owners of the strata lots. T
The Condominium Act sets out the duties and powers of the corporation and the voting rights of the members. An important duty of the strata corporation is the duty to obtain appropriate insurance.
The Strata Corporation automatically has the bylaws contained in the Act. The bylaws cannot usually be changed until after the first annual general meeting of the members of the strata corporation. The bylaws can be amended by a majority of not less than three-quarters of the votes of all persons entitled to vote.
Information to Obtain Prior to Purchase. If you are purchasing a new condominium, obtain a copy of the prospectus. The prospectus provides details of the vendor, the financial history, the details of the common facilities and services, property management contracts, unit entitlement, parking, etc.
If you are purchasing from an existing owner, obtain a copy of the bylaws, the rules and regulations and the annual budget and financial statements. Also ask for a copy of the strata plan setting out the boundaries of the unit and a copy of the minutes of recent strata council meetings. Find out if owners are permitted to rent their property.
Ask about the amount of your share of the common expenses, the amount of reserves, the need for major repairs, and the property management agreement. Find out what services are covered by your maintenance fees and what special assessments have been or are likely to be made.
Property Management. The strata corporation is usually run on a voluntary basis by the owners. Therefore, the corporation usually contracts with a professional property management company to handle its day to day business.
Maintenance Fee. The strata corporation prepares an annual budget of anticipated expenses and assesses each owner a portion based on the unit entitlement. Payments are usually made monthly.

Cooperative
You may wish to buy an apartment in a "cooperative". The cooperative society owns the land and building in fee simple and you, as a cooperative member or shareholder, have the exclusive right to occupy your particular unit.

Mobile Homes or Trailers
Mobile home or trailers may be on a pad which you rent in a mobile home park. They can also be placed on a lot you own in "fee simple".

Types of Real Estate Ownership

Joint Tenancy:
The situation where two or more persons are equally owners of a property. Upon the death of one person the ownership reverts to the surviving joint tenant. Most married couples hold title in joint tenancy because the surviving spouse will become the sole owner in the event of the death of their partner.

Tenants in Common:
Similar to joints tenants. All tenants in common share equal property rights except that, upon the death of a tenant in common, that share does not go to the surviving tenants but is transferred to the estate of the deceased tenant. Most business partners will hold title as tenants in common. In the event of death, the interest of the deceased partner will go to their estate, and not to the other business partner.