Ontario’s home warranty agency ‘favoured the interests of builders at the expense of homebuyers’ Tarion, Ontario’s home warranty agency, has failed thousands of new homebuyers by placing the interests of builders ahead of theirs, according to a scathing report tabled by Bonnie Lysyk, the province’s auditor general. Tarion is supposed to ensure builders honour their warranties […]

Buyers of Liberty Developments’ cancelled Cosmos condos have lost their application to have their purchase agreements on the pre-construction units declared unlawful by an Ontario Superior Court of Justice. In his ruling, Justice Michael Penny sided with the developers but found that voiding the contract would not be in the purchasers’ or the developers’ best […]

March is Fraud Prevention Month and the Better Business Bureau has released the Top 10 Scams of 2018. 1. Romance Scams     More than $22.5 million lost Canadians were victimized financially, emotionally, psychologically and socially by this scam. Catphishing through online dating continues to be a very lucrative and seductive business for scammers. Never wire or […]