Practical Real Estate Resources for Your Next Move
Use these starting points to understand the process, prepare useful questions, and stay organized. Jeewan can help you apply the information to your own situation.
Buyer and Seller Planning
Buyer Planning
- Define your needs, timing, location priorities, and trade-offs.
- Discuss financing readiness and purchase-related costs with qualified professionals.
- Compare properties, neighbourhoods, and total ownership considerations.
- Prepare for offers, appropriate due diligence, and closing.
Seller Planning
- Clarify timing and any next-home plans.
- Review market position and pricing options.
- Prioritize preparation, presentation, and showing arrangements.
- Understand the price, conditions, timing, and other terms of offers.
Trusted Consumer Information
These third-party official resources open outside this website:
- RECO Information Guide — required consumer information about working with an Ontario real estate agent and brokerage.
- RECO Consumer Resources — buying, selling, representation, offers, and complaint information.
- Government of Canada Mortgage Preapproval Guidance — how preapproval works and why it is not final mortgage approval.
- Ontario Home-Buying Information — purchase planning, new homes, and consumer considerations.
- Ontario Standard Lease Guide — information for most residential tenancies in Ontario.
Common Real Estate Terms
Representation Agreement
A written agreement describing the relationship, services, obligations, duration, and payment arrangements between a client and a brokerage.
Deposit
Money submitted with or after an accepted offer according to the agreement. It is not the same as the buyer’s down payment.
Conditions
Terms that may need to be satisfied or waived by a stated deadline, such as financing, inspection, or document review, when appropriate.
Closing Date
The date the transaction is scheduled to complete and ownership or possession changes according to the agreement.
Comparative Market Analysis
A real estate market estimate based on relevant property and market information. It is not a formal appraisal or a guaranteed sale price.
Status Certificate
A package of information about an Ontario condominium corporation and a unit. Buyers should obtain appropriate legal advice about it.
Ask Before You Act
Online guides are useful starting points, but a property, contract, financing, tax, or inspection decision may require advice tailored to the transaction.
Resources are general information and may change. They are not a substitute for advice from a lawyer, lender, accountant, insurer, inspector, or other qualified professional.