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Mortgage Rate Forecast

Where mortgage rates go from here depends on how serious the US is about imposing punitively high tariffs on Canadian imports, and how Canada responds.

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Past Due: Expired Offers, Expired Contracts, and What To Do With Them #580

Missing deadlines in real estate contracts can lead to expired deals, and while some offers can be revived, doing so comes with risks and consequences.

Forfeiture of Deposit #453

BC Real Estate Association logo with the words "legally speaking" printed below

Section 12 of the standard Contract of Purchase and Sale provides that unless the balance of the purchase price is paid on the completion date “the Seller may, at the Seller’s option, terminate this Contract, and, in such event, the amount paid by the Buyer will be absolutely forfeited to the Seller…on account of damages