Practice Portal: Real Estate
If you practise real estate law, this is your guide to important information, tools and resources relevant to your practice. Contact us if you need help finding information.
Case Law
Electronic Case Law
Visit the Great Library or your county or district law library for free access to LexisNexis Quicklaw. Westlaw Canada is available in the Great Library.
LexisNexis Quicklaw: Real Property Law Cases 
- Start your research in the CED or
the Canadian Abridgment
- Real Property Reports: RPR-RPTS
- Canadian Property
Law Cases: CANPROP-CS
- Note up: KeyCite
Find out about other electronic resources available in the Great Library or your local county or district law library.
CPD
CLE/CPD Programs and Materials
Find Upcoming CLE/CPD Programs
Browse program listings from a variety of CLE/CPD providers:
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Browse Library Shelves
Find recent CLE/CPD materials from a variety of publishers:
Buy LSUC CPD Materials
Purchase your own copy of materials for entire Law Society CPD programs.
AccessCLE provides electronic access to the full text of Law Society CLE and CPD materials from 2004 to the present:
- Enter your search terms.
- Select an article and preview the first three or four pages.
- Purchase to securely download the article to your computer within a matter of minutes.
Commentary
Frequently Used Texts
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Buy your own copy of the most recent Canadian real estate texts:
Browse the Great Library
Find more resources from our extensive collection of Ontario real estate law texts:
The books listed here are excellent starting points for research on real estate law. All these sources are available in the Great Library and in some county and district law libraries. Click on a book title to view a catalogue record with a list of library locations where copies are held.
- Anger & Honsberger Law of Real Property ed. by Anne Warner La Forest
- The Art of the Real Estate Deal by Barry D. Lipson
- A Commercial Tenancy Handbook by Richard Olson
- Condominium Law and Administration by Audrey M. Loeb
- Condominiums in Ontario by Harry Herskowitz and Mark F. Freedman
- Falconbridge on Mortgages ed. by Walter M. Traub
- Lamont on Real Estate Conveyancing by Donald Lamont
- Law of Vendor and Purchaser by J. Victor Di Castri
- Marriott
and Dunn Practice in Mortgage Remedies in Ontario by G. William Dunn and W.S. Gray (Carswell's e-Reference Library) [Great Library]
- Ontario Real Estate Law Guide
- Ontario Residential Real Estate Practice Manual by Rosemary Bocska
- Residential Tenancies by Richard A. Feldman
- Ontario Residential Tenancies Law by Robert G. Doumani and Carol A. Albert
- Principles of Property Law by Bruce H. Ziff
- Real Estate Practice in Ontario by D.J. Donahue
- Registration of Title to Land by J. Victor Di Castri
- Williams & Rhodes Canadian Law of Landlord and Tenant ed. by Christopher Bentley et al.
Forms/Precedents
Selected Forms and Precedents
- LexisNexis Butterworth's Canadian Forms & Precedents
- Commercial Tenancies
- Land Development
- Law Society of Upper Canada, Annotated Document Series
- Annotated Agreement of Purchase and Sale for Residential Property 2010 [Purchase]
- Annotated Commercial Mortgage Commitment
- Annotated Documents for a Power of Sale
- Annotated Retail Lease
- O'Brien's Encyclopedia of Forms
- Conveyancing and Mortgages
- Leases [Great
Library]
- Ontario Real Estate Association Standard Forms
Current Awareness
Current Awareness Resources
Journals and Newsletters
- Ontario Bar Association, Real Property Section
- The Abstract Page [Great
Library]
- Real Estate Council of Ontario
- For the RECOrd
- LawPRO
- LawPro Magazine [Great Library]
- LawPRO real estate-related articles (Google)
- PracticePRO Real Estate Law content
- CCH Canadian Ontario Real Estate Law Developments Newsletter
- Ontario Land Registration Bulletins and Memos
Case Law, News Alerts and Websites
- Canada Law Book caseAlert: Real Property
- CCH Canadian Real Estate Law News Tracker
- Create your own using custom alert services from:
- Westlaw Canada
- LexisNexis Quicklaw (PDF 275 KB)
- Ontario Bar Association - Real Property Section
Practice Tools
Practice Tools
Quick Links
- Find a colleague in the Law Society's Lawyer and Paralegal Directory
- Certified Specialists in Real Estate Law
- Teraview
- TitlePlus Legal Updates
- Knowledge Tree
- Law Society Real Estate Practice Resources
- How-To Briefs: Real Estate
- Real Estate Practice Guide
- Fighting Real Estate Fraud: Reference Materials
- Private Mortage FAQs
- Residential Real Estate Transactions Practice Guidelines
- Electronic Registration of Title Documents
- Guidelines on Powers of Attorney in Real Estate Transactions
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- Appendix 1 (PDF 55 KB)
- Appendix 2 (PDF 45 KB)
- Cannex Mortgage Interest Rates
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