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Selling Guides4 min readSquatters Rights in Alberta — What Property Owners Need to Know
Adverse possession was abolished on Alberta's Torrens-titled land. What squatters can and can't claim, and how it affects selling a vacant or contested property.
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Selling Guides9 min readSelling a House That Needs Major Repairs in Alberta
Foundation, mold, knob-and-tube, polybutylene, fire — when repair cost outpaces what MLS can recover, Alberta files often default to an as-is cash sale.
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Selling Guides6 min readSelling an Inherited House in Canada — The Probate Timeline Explained
Probate can take 6 to 16 weeks in Ontario, 4 to 12 weeks in Alberta. The mortgage keeps running the whole time. Here's how the timeline works — and how a sale lines up with the estate file.
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Distressed Sales5 min readPower of Sale vs Foreclosure — What Ontario and Alberta Homeowners Should Know
Ontario uses power of sale; Alberta uses judicial foreclosure. Same outcome, different process, different timelines. Here's how each one runs — and the window where a private sale still works.
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