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
A recent article in the Toronto Star discussed whether landlords could evict tenants who were growing and/or smoking marijuana for medical purposes in their rental apartments. There are concerns by landlords that growing marijuana increases the risk of mould and...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Can the initial board of directors appointed by a condo developer turn around and insulate the very same condo developer from liability if, say, the common elements are constructed deficiently? In a recent decision that is bound to upset current and future unit...
by CAI Canada | Jul 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last August we blogged about several incidents of breaking glass on balcony railings in some downtown Toronto condos. As a result of those incidents two class actions have been commenced against the developers and the declarant of the Murano Towers and the Festival...
