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The advantage of being part of a professional network
During a real estate, don’t hesitate to seek help from seasoned professionals. If you do business with a broker duly authorized by the OACIQ, he will provide you with a list of trustworthy people to assist you at every step of your transaction.
Your broker’s network: valuable resources for your real estate transaction
Doing business with a real estate broker also means having access to a vast network of qualified professionals who will play a key role in ensuring that your real estate transactions goes off without a hitch..
When a party does not show up for its appointment with the notary
You are sitting at the notary’s, desperately waiting for the other party to show up for its appointment. After more than an hour, the other party still does not show up. What is going on? Although the date indicated under clause 11.1 of the Promise to purchase is not a mandatory delay, the consequences can be many for a party that fails to show up at the notary’s on the appointed date.
Chain transactions…allow a time period for the signing of the deed of sale
When it comes to signing the act of sale before the notary, a common concern for the seller is to get his money as quickly as possible or to schedule a quick signing date. Remember that before distributing funds, the notary must always publish acts and perform many checks in the Land register, in addition to obtaining from the creditor a commitment to cancel the existing charges (for example the seller’s mortgage).
Notaries and lawyers must act “in the course of their practice”... or be OACIQ licence holders
Note: This article refers to a judgement rendered between 2004 and 2012, at the time when the old Real Estate Brokerage Act (R.S.Q. c. C-73.1) and its regulations were in force. Therefore, the following text refers to the vocabulary applicable at that time. However, the following analysis remains relevant under the Real Estate Brokerage Act (R.S.Q. C-73.2) that came into force on May 1, 2010 and updated on July 13, 2018 after the adoption of Bill 141.
