Our office is in Thornhill, inside Markham. We act on purchases, sales, refinancings, and title transfers across the city, from heritage properties in Unionville to freehold new builds in Cornell and Wismer.
This is our own municipality. In-person signing at our Thornhill office is convenient for Markham clients. Remote identity verification and document signing are also available if you prefer.
Markham buyers pay Ontario land transfer tax without Toronto's additional municipal tax.
Markham buyers pay the provincial land transfer tax only. There is no municipal land transfer tax here, which is a real cost difference against a comparably priced purchase in Toronto.
Heritage controls can restrict exterior alterations, additions and demolition, and they survive the sale.
The Unionville core sits within a heritage conservation district, where alterations visible from the street, demolitions, and additions are subject to municipal heritage controls. Buyers who intend to renovate need to know that before the conditions come off, not after the drawings are done. Older properties in Markham Village raise similar questions on a smaller scale.
Some freehold townhomes may sit within a common-element condominium, which can mean fees and a status certificate.
Builder and near-new freehold transactions in areas such as Cornell, Wismer Commons, Greensborough, and Box Grove can involve Tarion coverage, builder agreements, occupancy and closing adjustments, and dates that shift. Some freehold townhomes elsewhere in the city are structured within a common-element condominium corporation, which can mean monthly fees and a status certificate on a home a buyer may otherwise assume is a straightforward freehold.
Ontario tax only
There is no additional Markham municipal land transfer tax.
Markham buyers pay the Ontario land transfer tax and nothing further. The Toronto municipal land transfer tax does not apply anywhere in York Region.
The provincial tax is graduated against the purchase price and payable on closing. Where you qualify as a first-time buyer, the provincial rebate is claimed at registration and reduces the funds required on closing day.
We review your agreement before the conditions come off, search title, and carry the file through to the day you get the keys.
We answer the buyer's requisitions, arrange the discharge of your existing mortgage, and account for every dollar leaving the transaction.
Whether you are moving lenders, taking equity out, or adding a second charge, we handle the registration and the discharge that follows it.
Adding a spouse, removing a name, transferring to family, or updating title after a death. Each one carries tax and mortgage consequences worth understanding first.
Builder agreements are written for the builder. We read yours as early as we can, and where a statutory rescission right applies, inside that window, while there is still something you can do about it.
In-person signing at our Thornhill office is our standard approach, and remote identity verification and document signing are available if you prefer. Remote signing changes how you meet with us, not the lawyer-led legal work performed on your closing.
We review the transaction and tell you what we need.
Searches, lender work and closing documents are handled by our team.
Sign at our Thornhill office, or remotely if you prefer. We confirm when the transaction closes.
We act throughout Markham, including:
Our office is at 50 Minthorn Boulevard in Thornhill, which is within Markham. In-person signing is convenient for clients across the city, and remote identity verification and document signing are also available if you prefer.
Whether the property is designated or sits within the conservation district, and what that means for anything you intend to change. Heritage controls can affect exterior alterations, additions, and demolition, and they survive the sale. If your plans depend on being able to renovate, that question belongs inside the conditional period.
It can happen here. Some Markham townhomes are freehold but sit within a common-element condominium corporation that owns and maintains shared roads, visitor parking, or landscaping. You own the home outright, and you also pay fees and are entitled to a status certificate. We review it the same way we would for a conventional condominium.
Yes, and the review is most useful as early as possible. Cornell and Wismer are largely freehold, which means there is no statutory rescission period to fall back on. That right applies to new and pre-construction condominium purchases, not to freehold builds. Any review window comes from the agreement. We look at the occupancy structure, the adjustments the builder is entitled to charge at final closing, the delayed closing provisions, and whether the agreement permits assignment.
Our Thornhill office is inside Markham, so in-person signing is a short trip for most clients here. If you would rather not make that trip, we can complete identity verification and document signing remotely instead. Remote signing changes how you meet with us, not the lawyer-led legal work performed on your closing.
We are down the road in Thornhill. Send us the agreement and we will take it from there.
