If you’ve ever bought, owned, or sold a home–or are about to–you
know how exciting and how daunting it can be. Buying, Owning and
Selling a Home in Canada, Second Edition, completely revised
and updated, tells you absolutely everything you need to know about
the joys and headaches of owning a home.
* Complete on-volume reference on every stage of owning a
home.
* Covers shopping for a mortgage; negotiating your agreement of
purchase and sale; signing contracts with renovators, movers, and
others; understanding those mpenetrable insurance policies; dealing
with problem neighbours and much more.
* Your ‘operating manual’ for legal issues as well as the
everyday problems of home ownership.
* Written in plain English that’s easy to understand.
* Includes helpful, practical checklists and forms.
* Tells you what you need to know to prevent and solve many
problems on your own.
* What you need to ask lawyers and other professionals–it may
even help to reduce the fees you’ll have to pay.
* Completely revised and updated including: how to look for a
home on the Internet and how you can use your home to save, or get
more money.
* Expand information on such topics as: condominium ownership,
making offers on a home, and homeowner’s insurance, to name just a
few.
Circa l’autore
Margaret Kerr and Jo Ann Kurtz are lawyers with experience in dealing face-to-face with clients’ questions and concerns. They have written a number of books, including Make It Legal: What Every Canadian Entrepreneur Needs to Know About the Law, Facing a Death in the Family, and Wills and Estates for Canadians for Dummies– Planning Kit.