Residential Sale & Purchase

Your home should be a lifetime investment that you always cherish. A thorough, diligent lawyer can help guarantee that you purchase a home under the soundest possible terms, and should you ever sell it, that you walk away with the greatest possible return on all you’ve invested.

Your lawyer can also help guarantee that the seller has done everything possible in terms of the Agreement of Purchase and Sale to ensure both that your new home is handed over to you in the best possible condition.

At the closing itself, your lawyer will carefully examine every document to ensure that all agreed-to conditions have been met before you affix your signature to any binding agreement.

The lawyer typically closes the deal in terms of the Agreement of Purchase and Sale and mortgage instructions. He does the necessary searches relating to the property and execution to assure you the good title on the property.

Commercial Real Estate

Investment in a sound property is an investment in the future profits that your business could gather.

Businesses have fallen to ruin many times thanks to an iron-clad lease locking a company into a disadvantageous location. For business owners purchasing land, the same could be said for improvements to buildings and lots that eat into revenue.

Before signing a purchase or lease agreement, engage a lawyer to examine the whole property and proposed terms together. It might be the case that prematurely signing something binding could also assign to you a responsibility to repair or renovate certain deficiencies or problem areas that could’ve fairly been considered the original owner’s responsibility.

When signing a lease in particular, define what upkeep will be your responsibility and what falls into the hands of the property owner.

Your business is meant to be your future. You sink enough into it that you owe it to yourself to approach buying or leasing a property to house it with the watchful eye of counsel that understands the demands and potential future complications of Real Estate Law.

Mortgages & Refinancing

Sometimes the mortgage is to be registered on the property without the sale or change of ownership involved. There are some occasions when the earlier mortgage is for a fixed term and the term is expiring and you are required to register a new mortgage. In these circumstances, although there is no sale and purchase involved, still a lawyer is required to do the property, execution or any other searches before completing the transaction. The lawyer is required to follow the terms of the new mortgage as well as pay out the earlier mortgage. With good legal counsel the transaction is smooth and does not create any complications in the future.