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Founded by a pair of top lawyers in 2001, LeClair Thibeault provides tailored legal solutions to demanding clients for both residential and commercial matters.
Avoiding Mortgage Payout Penalties
How Mortgage Payment Penalties Work What we find most surprising when dealing with Sellers is that they rarely know how a mortgage prepayment penalty works. Either it was never explained to them. By either the ... Read more
The Risk & Rewards Of Buying A Foreclosure
Understanding The Ins & Outs Of Foreclosure/Judicial Sales Often when we get calls from clients wanting information on buying a foreclosure, the background information they have is out of the US. In Canada, each province ... Read more
Structuring Holdbacks During Negotiations
Handling Closing Day Issues In Your Offer Buyers are often surprised during our meetings to learn that a pre-possession walk-through is not a right. In fact, technically Buyers don’t have access to the property until ... Read more
Purchasing The Property You Expected
The proverbial “Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing” is what we all want to avoid. We all make assumptions based on what we see or what we think we see. Buying a property is no different. We ... Read more
Buying Foreclosed Properties Comes With Risks
So, you want to get a deal? Looking at a foreclosed home? Well, the risks in doing that might be more than you expected. Often what looks to be a fantastic deal really might not ... Read more
Completing A Will
An Estate Plan is vital for each person to complete. Recent surveys show that 63% of people don’t have a valid Will and another 15% have Wills that are out of date! That is 78% ... Read more
New Contract Changes – Tenants’ Rights
We have heard a lot of bluster about the new contract – most of it negative – some of it deserved and some of it not – some of it from lawyers – some of ... Read more
Becoming a High Impact Realtor Protecting Yourself and Your Client
One of the occasional and more serious complaints from clients that we hear as real estate lawyers is that the house buying process passed them by. Usually, this was followed by a complaint that the ... Read more
Choosing a Real Estate Lawyer Making the Right Choice Up Front by Ron Thibeault
One of the questions that people have asked over and over again is how to select a real estate lawyer. The answer is pretty complex because there is no easy, fits everyone answer. Of course, ... Read more
Sellers Going Across Borders They’re Moving….You’re Shaking!
What do you do where you are the listing realtor in a transaction where the sellers are leaving Canada or have already left before the transaction closes? Section 116 of the Income Tax Act requires ... Read more
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