Real estate law
Closing guide
The timeline, the checklists, the glossary and the questions we hear most. Everything worth reading before a closing, free and with nothing asked in return.
Three things to read, depending on what you need
The closing process
What happens week by week between an accepted offer and the keys, and the five things that actually cause delays. Read this first if the process is new to you.
Checklists and guides
The printable buyer and seller checklists, a glossary of the terms you will meet, official Ontario links, and short guides on private sales, fraud and forgotten closing costs.
FAQs
The questions we are asked most, from whether you need a lawyer at all to what happens if someone backs out.
A note on all three
These pages describe how Ontario transactions usually work. They are general information rather than legal advice about your own transaction, and reading them does not create a lawyer and client relationship.
Every file has its own facts, and occasionally the general answer is the wrong one for a particular set of them. For your own situation, ask Gurpreet.
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