Landlords not obligated to tell buyers, renters about murders: lawyer

CTVNews.ca Staff                                      Published Monday, May 27, 2013 3:26PM EDT

If you learned that someone had been brutally murdered in the house or  apartment you were thinking about buying or renting, would you balk? Would you  feel that the landlord, realtor or former homeowner had a duty to let you know  of the property’s provenance?

Real estate lawyer Mark Weisleder says in fact there are no laws in Canada  that compel home sellers or renters to disclose a property’s past, no matter how  disturbing the history might be.

“The law in Canada does not require them to disclose what many people would  consider to be really important information to a tenant,” Weisleder told CTV  News Channel Monday.

Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/landlords-not-obligated-to-tell-buyers-renters-about-murders-lawyer-1.1298924#ixzz2UaxxlsI8

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