Updates

Re: Land Owner Transparency Report For almost a year now we have had to file a Land Owner Transparency Declaration whenever one of our clients purchased a property.  If the clients were using a company, trust or partnership as the registered owner, we have had to file a Land Owner Transparency...

Re: New Federal Holiday Sept 30th, 2021 Just a heads up as we have now learned the Land Title Office will be closed on Sept 30th, 2021.  Any deals scheduled to close that day will be pushed back to October 1st, the next business day. Please also keep this in mind for any contracts about to...

Re: Langley (and maybe Coquitlam) Office Space Good morning, just a heads up we are now nearing completion of our new office space in Langley, which will be available to mortgage brokers looking to work in an environment with other brokers. It is kind of like a Regus office, but just for...

I thought since Italy was not playing today I could send out another email. Our last few dealt with title searches, and realtor responsibilities regarding same.  Our last video deals with Terra Firma Title Review, the company that every lower mainland realtor should be a part of. The link...

Re: Video Update Today was going to be the last in our series on the importance of a title search.  We were going to send out our video that explained Terra Firma and why every realtor in the Lower Mainland should be on the service, but……. Today is ITALIAN DAY!  Yup, Italy’s...

Re: Realtor Obligations Regarding Title Searches Good afternoon, Just a heads up, we have published out latest video regarding title searches at     https://youtu.be/bnADg3GLbCs. This video speaks about the duties of a realtor in providing information about non-financial charges to...

Re: Importance of a Title Search We have now posted to our Facebook page and YouTube channel a video on the Importance of a Title Search. This is the first of our series on educating realtors about the importance of having the title search reviewed prior to subject removal. The video can be...

Good morning everyone. A few weeks ago, I presented to approximately 700 realtors from the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver on two topics, one being the importance of a title search, and the realtor obligations regarding same.  Not going to lie, this was done to not only alert realtors as...

2020 Holiday Poem from Spagnuolo LLP For years I have written a holiday poem, summarizing the year’s events.  A couple of years ago we turned it into a video, and last year we did a Spags sing-along!  I am sure you remember them well LOL. With COVID, working from home and a crazy busy...

November 18, 2020   Re:  Land Owner Transparency Act Good morning, You are about to hear a lot more about the Land Owner Transparency Act (“LOTA”) and the Land Owner Transparency Register (“LOTR”) between now and Dec. 1, 2020. LOTR is a registry of interests in land...