Our Law Services
Real Estate & Real Property Law
Real estate may be the largest investment you will make in your lifetime. Weir Bowen is here to help with all aspects of residential and commercial real estate, including purchases and sales, encumbrances, co-ownership, and litigation.
In an ordinary real estate transaction, the buyer and seller will typically enter into a purchase agreement with each other. You should contact our firm early in that process so we can review the contract before both parties sign an agreement. We can advise you of your rights and obligations under the agreement, and work with you to make sure that you can meet the obligations.
Our firm can also assist by:
- Removing any unpermitted “encumbrances” like mortgages and liens
- Ensuring you are properly named on title
- Performing tax searches to ensure there are no outstanding taxes
- Taking instructions from your bank to draft mortgage and transfer documents
- Ensuring you have title insurance, if necessary
- Ensuring you have a real property report or assisting you in ordering one, if you’re selling your property
Our lawyers will personally meet with you to explain the process and each document you sign. We have experience with all types of residential closings and can assist on a rush basis. Our firm has a number of experienced litigators who can assist when disputes arise over land, regarding ownership, title defects, property defects, claims against inspectors or professional advisors, registered or unregistered interests, caveats, builders’ liens, or even foreclosures.
Real Property law can be complex and involves a number of different laws and statutes. To protect your interests, it is important that you hire a lawyer who understands how all of those laws and statutes interact and affect your rights. We can assist you by reviewing your matters, advising you of those rights, and representing you in advocating for those rights if necessary.
For more information or advice on your real estate or real property law matter, contact one of our experienced counsel.
Our Team
Weir Bowen lawyers have the experience to proceed effectively through all the steps in civil actions.
Whichever lawyer represents you, your case will be supported by the collective knowledge of our entire firm.
Learn MoreINDIGENOUS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The lands on which Edmonton sits and the North Saskatchewan River that runs through it have been the sites of natural abundance, ceremony and culture, travel and rest, relationship building, making, and trading for Indigenous peoples since time immemorial. Edmonton is located within Treaty 6 Territory and within the Metis homelands and Metis Nation of Alberta Region 4. We acknowledge this land as the traditional territories of many First Nations such as the Nehiyaw (Cree), Denesuline (Dene), Nakota Sioux (Stoney), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux) and Niitsitapi (Blackfoot).
Weir Bowen acknowledges the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on or are visiting.