Resources

Calculators, guides and checklists for buying or selling a home and settling an estate in Ontario. Realtors and mortgage brokers: this is the one link to send a client.

Buying a home

• Buying a home: from offer to keys
  What happens between your accepted offer and closing day, and what I need from you at each step.

• First-time home buyers
  The land transfer tax refund, the FHSA, the Home Buyers’ Plan and new-home HST rebates.

• Buying a condo: the status certificate
  What I check in the status certificate before your offer is firm.

• Closing costs calculator
  The cash you need on closing: down payment, land transfer tax, mortgage insurance and adjustments.

• Land transfer tax calculator
  Ontario land transfer tax, Toronto’s municipal tax and the first-time buyer refunds.

• How to read a statement of adjustments
  A sample statement, explained line by line.

Selling a home

• Selling a home: from offer to closing
  Mortgage payouts, signing and what happens on closing day.

• How to read a statement of adjustments
  The same sample statement, explained from the seller’s side.

Wills and estates

• Named as an estate trustee? The first 30 days
  A plain-language checklist for the first month.

• Probate calculator
  Estate administration tax on an Ontario estate, and what counts toward the estate’s value.

For realtors and mortgage brokers

• How I work with realtors and brokers
  How to send a deal, what happens next and the updates you get.

• Tricky deals guide
  Estate sales, tenants and N12 notices, separations, rural wells and septic systems, and private mortgages.

• Send a deal
  Send a purchase, sale, refinance or new-build file to my office.

Questions

• Frequently asked questions
  Buying, selling, wills, powers of attorney and estates.

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