Want to find a lawyer in your area who practices real estate law? Take a look at the list of some of the lawyers our clients have used.

Carol Struthers, Struthers Law Office, Bolton/Alliston, 705-434-1335
Curtis McMinn, Curtis McMinn Law Office, Newmarket, 905-895-1985
Dana Dyment, Dyment Law Office, Newmarket, 905-898-6121, d.dyment@on.aibn.com, single family residential deals
Jonathan Griffiths, Griffiths Law Office, Toronto, 416-441-1253

For a more thorough list of lawyers, try the Canadian Law List http://www.canadianlawlist.com/ Hit ‘search’ on the front page of this site, then click ‘I agree’ at the bottom of the next screen, then click on ‘Residential real estate’ under the Real Estate heading. This is also a great site to find the phone, fax, email address of any lawyer in Canada.

Your mortgage broker will normally contact the appraiser, if required. Here is a short list of some of the appraisers that we use, as required.

Wayne Hill, Hill Appraisals, Aurora-Bradford, 905-775-9320
Mary Lou Hendren, Hendren Assoc, Brampton-Bolton, 905-450-3307
Steve Irvine, SW Irvine & Assoc, Guelph, 519-763-5956
John Burton, Burton Appraisals, Napanee, 613-531-0957
Ontario Appraisals, Toronto, 416-674-1041
CrossTown Appraisals, Toronto, 416-652-3456

When you purchase your home, you are normally taking on a huge mortgage debt. While none of us like to think about death, the sad reality is that we will all, at some point, die (did you know that the average age of mortgage insurance claimants is just 43 years old, and that 1 in 8 claimants is less than 30 years old?). If you or your spouse were to die while you still owed money on your mortgage, would the remaining spouse be able to carry the mortgage payments? If not, you should purchase at least enough life insurance to cover the mortgage principal.

Contact your own insurance agent, one of these professionals or ask your mortgage agent to have an insurance agent contact you. Please don’t make the mistake of wishing you had called and arranged for mortgage insurance.

Larry Saunders, JD Stewart & Associates, Kleinburg, 905-893-0043, Larry.JDSFin@Rogers.com
Gordon Pilkington, Pilkington Insurance, South West Ontario, 905-892-3923, Gordon@GordonPilkington.com
Dave Smith, Primus, St Catharines/Bolton, 905-935-8670
Rocky Scarangella, Rockwell Insurance Brokerage, Woodbridge, 905-726-1967

As mortgage agents, we deal with a lot of real estate sales reps. Here is just a brief sampling of some of the quality realtors we have dealt with recently…

Peter Clarke, HomeLife NuKey, Barrie, 888-999-4036, peter@barrieproperties.com, web page
Ingrid Ruytenbeek, Royal LePage RCR Realty, Bolton/Nobleton, 905-859-7676, 905-857-0651, ingrid@royallepage.ca
Michael Brown, Re/Max Realty Specialists, Mississauga, 905-828-3434, mick.brown@sympatico.ca, web page
Dave Clarke, Sutton Group, Newmarket, 905-853-5955, dclarke@trebnet.com, web page
Jim Knights, Re/Max, Newmarket 905-898-1211, jknights@rogers.com
Judith Varga, Royal LePage, Newmarket, 905-836-1212, varga@interhop.net
Michael Femson, Royal LePage, Pickering, 416-281-0238, mfemson@trebnet.com
Chuck Luksa, Exit Realty, Richmond Hill, 905-508-7711, luksa@rogers.com
Patt Ward, Royal LePage, Schomberg, 905-939-2000, patward@trebnet.com
Batya Mishan, Right at Home Realty, Toronto, 416-417-4244, batya@batya-mishan.com, web page
Ian Griffiths, Royal LePage Urban Realty, Toronto, 416-461-9900, igriffiths@trebnet.com

Dave Ingram, Newmarket, www.myhome-n-spec.com, dwingram_61@sympatico.ca, 905-715-2574