LEGAL INFO ARTICLES
 
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Technology often core of fraud in today's market

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Liquer to food ratios permitted in BC restaurants

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MyStrataCorp Document Services

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12 of the most commonly reported scams - Fraud hits 15M Canadians with the telephone being the preferred tool by fraud artists

• Notaries facing new rules - Provincial gov't proposes to amend Notaries Act
• 'Beware E-mail Scam Involving Craigslist Ads'
• Pre-sale units a double-edged sword
• Bylaws often block rentals
• Disclosure ordered for 'pre-sale' developers
• Coquitlam's Riverbend project bankrupt, Province cautions pre-sale buyers to beware
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will tax any vacation property outside Canada but you can claim a credit for foreign taxes paid on your Canadian return
• Costly misunderstanding in strata rules
• HPO Homeowner Protection Act explanation for new home buyers
• Strata-Check - Strata Corporation Document Review Company
• Secure Electronic Digital Signature software developed by a Vancouver Company Recombo Inc
• Information on Goods and Services Tax For Residential Real Estate
• New Home Warranty with 2-5-10 building protection introduced in 1999 protects consumers
• Family status trumps bylaw
• Tories shelve promise on leaky condos
• Deposit on Contract & Purchase & Sale - Seller can back out
• Assignment GST & PPT taxes - Questions & Answers
• Buying & Selling Canadian Ppty - info for Non-Residents
• Strata Document Screening Service
• 1% GST Fact Sheet
• Sussession Strategies - planning your estate
• Disclosure, Disclosure & Disclosure Realtors disclosing their relationship with a Buyer
• Vancouver Leaky Condo Crises Not over yet
• Bankruptcy is the last resort
• Leaky condos still a disaster
• New GST reduction from 7% to 6% - what it means to you
• Land Title Options - title & name searches 24/7 incl mtg fraud protection
• Lawyer Look-up. BC Law Society
• Homeowner Protection Office (HPO) says Vancouver's Leaky Condo problems under control
• CCRA - Canada's complicated Income Tax Laws bring self help books
• Mortgage fraud hits $1.5b a year in Canada
• Accused persons without lawyers strain justice system
• Make your mortgage payments tax deductable
• Torrens System that is used to register titles in BC (Explanation)
• When a seller gets cold feet - PDF
• Disposition of property may result in tax hit - doc
• Form B - can be out dated within just one day - doc
• City tax assessment - How they are calculated
• First Time Buyers - Property Transfer Tax
• Non-residences info
• Strata Pet Bylaws
• Age Bylaws
• What a buyer should expect on closing
• Buying an assignment explanation - doc
• Changes to Home Owner Grant Act Thresholds - doc.
• Rent-to-purchase agreements
• Strata data battle - doc.
• New owners have bought a pet with a no pet policy - doc.
• Know your rights when buying strata property, ie. pets/rentals - doc.
• Rental Property Tax Rules - doc.
• Mortgage fraud schemes bring BC warning - doc.
• Counterfeit cheques ruling may affect all out cheque deposits - doc.
• Will your buyer be able to rent a strata lot? -PDF
• Smart consumers won't have their identities stolen - doc.
• Ppty Transfer Tax charged only on original purchase price for new condos - doc.
• Referential Purchase Price Clause - doc.
• Tax Audits - Everything you wanted to know - PDF
• There is a GST Rebate which may be available to buyers of brand new residence for rental
• Buying or Selling a home, a step by step guide by CHMC