The Ontario Home Buying Guide
The buying process changed. This free guide covers what's different, what it actually costs, and what to do first — written for buyers in the Brockville area.
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The stuff most people find out too late
Ontario changed how buying a home works. New paperwork, new rules about representation, new costs. This guide covers all of it so you're not caught off guard.
The New Rules
Ontario changed how representation works. This section explains what's different and why it matters to you.
Budget & Pre-Approval
What you can actually afford, what the bank looks at, and why getting pre-approved first saves you headaches.
What to Look For
A checklist for when you tour a home — furnace, roof, water, electrical. The stuff that costs real money if you miss it.
How Offers Work
Conditions, deposits, irrevocable dates — how the offer process works and what protects you.
Real Costs
Land transfer tax, lawyer fees, home inspection, title insurance — the costs nobody mentions until it's too late.
Closing & Keys
What happens between your offer being accepted and getting the keys. Step by step, no surprises.
9 steps from start to keys in hand
Here's what the whole thing looks like. The guide covers each step so you know what's coming before it happens.
Hey, I'm Dan.
I'm a licensed Realtor based right here in the Brockville area — Elizabethtown-Kitley, serving Brockville, Leeds-Grenville, and the surrounding communities. I put this guide together because Ontario's buying rules changed and most people around here have no idea. I figured this information should be easy to find, so I wrote it down and made it free.
Three simple steps
You've got the guide. Here's what you can do with it.
Read the guide
Go through it whenever you have time. It covers the full Ontario buying process — updated for 2026.
Set up a custom home search
If you want to see what's available in the Brockville area, fill out the form below. I'll build a search based on what you're actually looking for — not random listings.
I'll be in touch
I'll send you a quick hello and a few helpful resources over the next little while. If you have questions at any point, just reply — I'm always happy to help.
Set up a custom home search for the Brockville area
Instead of scrolling through Realtor.ca hoping something good shows up — tell me what you want and I'll build a search around it.
Here's how this works
You fill out the form below. I build a search based on your budget, your preferred area, and what matters to you. Then I refine it based on your feedback. That's it.
- I set it up manually — not an auto-generated dump of listings
- Refined every week based on what you like and don't like
- Only homes that match your actual criteria — no clutter
- You can favorite, comment on, or dismiss anything
- No obligation — you're just seeing what's out there