Practice area
Real Estate
The transaction is routine for everyone involved except the person buying the house.
Overview
The only part of a closing most people see is the closing
Everything that matters happened in the three weeks before it.
We handle Ontario residential and commercial real estate transactions and the title issues that accompany them.
Buying
- Reviewing the Agreement of Purchase and Sale, ideally before you sign it
- Title search and dealing with what it turns up
- Easements, liens, work orders and unregistered interests
- Lender instructions and mortgage documentation
- Status certificate review on a condo
- Closing documents and adjustments
- Arranging funds and registration
Selling
- Reviewing the transaction
- Responding to requisitions
- Discharging existing mortgages and liens
- Closing documentation and the transfer
- Accounting for the sale proceeds
Refinancing
Lender instructions, mortgage documentation, title requirements, and registering the new charge.
Transfers that aren’t sales
Not every transfer involves a buyer. These situations come up constantly and have consequences people don’t expect, such as land transfer tax, capital gains, mortgage default, and what happens if the relationship changes later.
- Between spouses
- Parent to child
- Adding or removing a name on title
- Following a separation
- Gifts
- After a death — survivorship and transmission
- Transmission before a later sale
Commercial property
Purchases and sales, commercial leases, financing documentation, and the contractual issues that attach to commercial property.
General information only, not legal advice. For advice about your situation, book a consultation.
Book a consultation
Talk to us about your real estate matter.
Tell us briefly what is happening. We will check for conflicts and respond promptly.
- shajjan@shajjanlaw.ca
- Consultations by appointment, in person or by video.