Ontario Standard Lease
Feb 15, 2018 Market Information
Starting April 30, 2018, landlords of most private residential rental units – from individual landlords to property management companies – must use the the standard lease template for all new leases. Landlord and tenant rights and responsibilities remain the same under
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Toronto Ranks 11th Among World's Most Rent Friendly Cities
Jun 30, 2017 Market Information
Toronto is the 11th most affordable rental city out of the world's top 30 cities to live in, according to a new report from RENTCafe, a nationwide apartment search website. The blog used a PwC report identifying the top 30
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Expand it, tweak it, or end it — what's the right answer for rent control?
Mar 21, 2017 Market Information
Ontario's housing minister says province will soon unveil new 'rental controls' Amid low vacancy rates and a growing push for more rental stock, Ontario's housing minister says the province will soon unveil new "rental controls." But what should a reimagined rent control system look
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Private member's bill calls to extend rent control to all units
Mar 17, 2017 Market Information
Ontario’s housing minister has vowed to deliver "substantive rent control reform" on the heels of a private member’s bill aimed at extending rent control to rental units built after 1991. Chris Ballard announced members of his staff have undertaken a
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High rent could make Toronto a 'generational ghost town'
Feb 28, 2017 Market Information
Young people across the income spectrum who would like to build lives in Toronto are choosing to leave rather than pay the city's ever-increasing rents. For 27-year-old Arthur Gallant, that's meant moving from Etobicoke, to Burlington, to Hamilton in search
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