In the previous post, we explained how construction liens offer assurance to contractors and suppliers that they will be paid for their work or materials. In this post, we look at how liens are registered. A construction lien exists when work starts or materials...
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As of May 25,2019 our new address is:
802 13th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2R 0L2
Nothing else has changed.
Real Estate
Cancelling an offer or purchase agreement for a home
Agreements of Purchase and Sale are legal documents in which a purchaser makes an offer to purchase a property from a vendor. The Agreement contains a monetary offer and lists the conditions to be fulfilled before the purchase of the property is completed.The...
Homebuyers’ heartfelt letters persuade homeowners to sell
In an era of high demand and higher bids for homes, buyers who write warm personal letters to sellers often win the bidding war and buy the house they want. This is a growing trend that some realtors say ‘must’ be part of an offer if a buyer wants to have...
Beware of capital gains tax when buying a non-resident’s property
Buying a house is very expensive. Paying capital gains tax to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is the last thing a purchaser wants to do. But this happens when purchasers buy property that is owned by a non-resident of Canada without working with a lawyer experienced...
Alberta real estate has lowest land-transfer taxes in Canada
There are many hidden costs involved in purchasing a property. One of these is land-transfer taxes, which can be extremely high in hot real estate markets like Toronto and Vancouver. A recent nationwide comparison of 25 major Canadian real estate markets found that...
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Ridout Barron
802 13th Ave SW
Calgary, AB T2R 0L2
Phone: 403-278-3730
Fax: 403-271-8016
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