Real Estate lawyers in Charlottetown

Real property transfer tax is 1% of the greater of the purchase price and the property's assessed value — $3,500 on a $350,000 home. No tax is payable where that figure is $30,000 or less. It is paid when the deed is registered with the Registrar of Deeds.

Not if they qualify for the first-time home buyers exemption. You must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, have lived in PEI for at least six months before registration (or have filed PEI income tax returns in at least two of the last six years), never have owned a principal residence, and live in the home for at least 183 days in a row after the deed is registered.

Yes, but with limits. Under the Lands Protection Act a person who is not a resident of PEI needs permission from the provincial government to hold more than five acres of land or more than 165 feet of shore frontage. The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission reviews the applications.

The Residential Tenancy Office, also called the Rental Office, resolves disputes between tenants and landlords under the Residential Tenancy Act. Its orders can be appealed to the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission.

To practise law in Prince Edward Island a lawyer must be a member of the Law Society of Prince Edward Island. You can look up practising lawyers in the Law Society's online lawyer directory to verify their status, and it publishes discipline case summaries. Each lawyer on these pages was checked in the directory before being listed, but people move firms, so check again before you hire. Complaints about a lawyer go to the Law Society, in writing.