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A wooden judge's gavel resting on its round sound block against a forest-green and cream background — visual shorthand for foreclosure, the court process that can hand a home to the lender.

Real estate law

Foreclosure in Ontario: what it is and how it works

What foreclosure is in Ontario, how it differs from power of sale, the court steps it runs through, and why lenders here almost always use power of sale instead.

Joel Fox

Co-founder and COO

Centred royal-blue signpost forking toward a monitor and a clipboard — shorthand for the digital-versus-in-person choice on a status certificate review.

Real estate law

Digital vs in-person status certificate reviews in Ontario

A status certificate review is the same legal work whether it's done digitally or in person — a licensed Ontario lawyer reading the condo corporation's records. What changes is speed, transparency, and whether you visit an office. Here's how the two approaches compare.

Joel Fox

Co-founder and COO

Miniature sage-green house under a glass dome, representing a home sheltered from capital gains tax.

Home finance

Capital gains tax when you sell your home in Ontario

A home that was your principal residence for every year you owned it is exempt from capital gains tax in Canada. Here is when you owe it, and how to report the sale.

Joel Fox

Co-founder and COO

Two clay figures mid-handoff of a small model house, one in dusty blue, one in dusty rose, on a soft yellow background — visual shorthand for transferring an inherited Ontario home.

Selling real estate

How to sell an inherited home in Ontario

How title was held decides whether you can sell an inherited Ontario home and how fast — when a joint-tenancy home passes by survivorship without probate, when an estate-owned home needs a Certificate of Appointment, and the documents your lawyer needs to close.

Joel Fox

Co-founder and COO

Centred cream-and-white miniature balance scale on a sage-green background, weighing coins against a folded paper slip — shorthand for the deductible-versus-not split on Ontario closing costs.

Home finance

What closing costs are tax deductible in Ontario?

Most closing costs on a home you live in aren't tax deductible — they're added to your adjusted cost base instead. On a rental property the rules differ: some are deductible, others are capitalized. Here's how Ontario homeowners and investors should think about it.

Joel Fox

Co-founder and COO

A stylized 3D classical bank building with columns, a banknote slotted into its roof like a coin bank, on a pale blue background — representing a real estate deposit.

Selling real estate

Late deposits in Ontario: buyer and seller remedies

What happens when a deposit lands late on an Ontario home purchase — what the OREA Form 100 requires, the four remedies a seller can use to terminate or sue, and the narrower options a buyer has if the seller refuses the late funds.

Joel Fox

Co-founder and COO

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