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Decoding the legal aspects of buying property

Swimming pool compliance is a crucial issue for all of us, including homeowners and prospective homeowners. In the past 25 years, almost 1000 children under the age of 5 have drowned. Tweens, teens and adults are certainly not immune to the dangers that can lurk in a suburban backyard if the proper precautions aren’t taken.

In the whirlwind of scrolling through listings, heading to inspections, dealing with your bank and Monday morning phone calls from real estate agents, it’s easy to overlook some of the costs associated with securing your own little piece of the world. One of these costs is transfer duty.