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Condo Buyer Guide

公寓专题：Status Cert、物业费、condo board、condo vs freehold。 Status certificates, maintenance fees, condo board reviews, condo vs freehold.

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Selling Your Condo: Can You Keep or Sell the Parking Spot and Locker Separately? It Depends on How They’re Held

Before you promise a buyer your parking spot or offer to sell it on its own, check four documents: your parcel register and PIN, the condo declaration, the status certificate, and the old Form 101. Here is what each one tells you under Ontario’s Condominium Act.

	      Oct 11, 2026	    

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Selling a Condo in Ontario? Here’s Who’s on the Hook for the Status Certificate — and What Happens If a Special Assessment Lands Between Signing and Closing

Who actually orders and pays for a condo status certificate in Ontario, the seller or the buyer? Under Condominium Act s.76 any person can request one, the corporation must deliver within 10 days, and the fee is capped at 100 dollars including tax. In the standard OREA agreement the buyer requests it and the seller consents. This seller-side guide covers the representations you sign in clauses 7, 13 and 15, your duty to notify the buyer if a special assessment lands before closing, the buyer's right to walk, and whether to order a certificate before you list.

	      Aug 4, 2026	    

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Is a Studio / Bachelor Condo Worth Buying? The Real Math on Resale, Rent and Financing

Is a Toronto studio/bachelor condo a smart buy? A broker breaks down the thin resale pool, lagging appreciation, and lender minimum-size rules (~400-500 sqft), plus investor vs. end-user math.

	      Jul 10, 2026	    

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Condo Maintenance Fees, Explained: What They Cover, What’s Reasonable per Sq Ft, and Why They Rise

What Ontario condo maintenance fees cover, reasonable GTA $/sqft ranges, why an underfunded reserve triggers special assessments, and how to read a status certificate before you buy.

	      Jul 10, 2026	    

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Toronto Co-op Apartments Explained: Cheaper Than a Condo, Much Harder to Finance

A plain-English guide to Toronto/Ontario co-op (co-operative) apartments: you own shares plus an occupancy right, not title like a condo; governed by the Co-operative Corporations Act, not the Condominium Act; why banks won't give a normal mortgage; share loans and board approval; what the maintenance fee really covers; resale liquidity and the price discount. Source: Ontario Co-operative Corporations Act / Legal Line / CHF Canada.

	      Jul 6, 2026	    

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The Condo Status Certificate: The $100, 10-Day Document That Tells You If the Building Is Financially Healthy

The Ontario condo status certificate: the statutory $100 fee, 10-day rule, what's inside (reserve fund, special assessments, litigation), red flags, and why to go conditional.

	      Jul 5, 2026	    

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Why Do Condo Fees Keep Rising in Ontario — And How to Tell If a Fee Is Reasonable

Why do Ontario condo maintenance fees keep rising? What your monthly common-element fee actually pays for, how the reserve fund and reserve fund study drive increases, and how to judge a cheap fee vs a healthy fee before you buy — a GTA buyer's guide from Arthur Zhao.

	      Jul 4, 2026	    

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Pet Rules When Buying an Ontario Condo: Read the Declaration, Rules and Status Certificate BEFORE You Waive

Buying an Ontario condo with a pet? Pet rules can live in the declaration, rules or by-laws — and the declaration is the hardest to change and takes priority. Learn the restriction types, human-rights exemptions, the CAT dispute process, and the exact status certificate checklist to read before waiving conditions.

	      Jul 4, 2026	    