by Tim | Oct 6, 2017 | Property, Real Estate
I attended a Continuing Legal Education session this week on Real Property Law and one of the presenters was the newly named “Chief Residential Tenancies Officer.” I must admit that I had no idea that the Office of the Rentalsman had been recently renamed...
by Tim | Aug 3, 2017 | Property
Here’s a curious case I wrote about years ago on a personal blog. It’s strange enough to warrant repeating here. Background: For 20 years, 60-year-old Bill Squires and 75-year-old Anna Squires maintained a close relationship with their neighbor, Mary...
by Tim | Mar 27, 2017 | Property, Real Estate, Uncategorized
In the 1986 movie, the Money Pit, a young couple move into a home that is terribly dilapidated. While falling down stairways and leaking bathtubs in this movie are enjoyable for comedic value, no one enjoys these things when they happen to you! A home is the...
by Tim | Aug 5, 2016 | Property, Real Estate, Tax
The Real Property Transfer Tax Act requires purchasers of property to pay a one-time tax upon purchase of a property in New Brunswick. On April 1, 2016, the real property transfer tax increased from 0.5 per cent to one percent of the assessed value of a property or...
