by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Following on the heels of Canada’s tightening of the mortgage and lending landscape, the United States has announced a new rule aimed at preventing consumers from taking on high-risk loans. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) new Ability-to-Repay...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
The construction of a new condominium can seem to take forever – but thanks to some new technology you can get a bird’s eye view of all the action going on at the construction site! BuzzBuzzHome, a website that lists new construction condos and houses across the...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Pet owners in condominiums who fail to familiarize themselves with the condominium’s restrictions on pets, or who blatantly ignore these restrictions, do so at the risk of having a court order that the pet be permanently removed from the property. The case of Strata...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
In a recent Alberta case, Condominium Plan No. 762 1302 v. Stebbing, the condominium corporation was unsuccessful in its attempt to have a cat removed from the property. The condominium by-laws provided that no animal or pet was permitted without the approval of the...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
in place the developer’s standard rules. Developer rules tend to be “one-size-fits-all”, and who knows how long ago they were originally drafted. Times change – some rules may no longer be needed, while others should be amended or added to. Consider the following...
