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Focusing on recurring residential title issues, the presentation covers open permits, multi-unit endorsements, survey coverage and forced removal, access gaps between legal and physical routes, Planning Act traps, and title-fraud patterns. Guidance emphasizes policy dates and definitions, obtaining proper local authority and building and zoning searches, relying on current surveys before removal demands, reviewing LT Absolute implications for prescriptive claims, and scrutinizing identity and deal logic when fraud indicators arise. The actionable thread is procedural discipline and early contact with claims when vendor policies must respond.
“An Overview of Agricultural Land Values in Southwestern Ontario”
Grounded in verified sale data across 11 counties, the presentation explains how interest rates and commodity prices drive year-over-year farmland pricing, notes a slight 2024 dip after a long expansion, and contrasts livestock-dense regions with crop-dominant areas. It compares value-to-yield ratios, screens out development-influenced transactions, and outlines variability within counties. Practical takeaways include tracking rate moves and corn futures, reading local demand signals, and treating 2025 as generally level with isolated strength.
Mario Giovane was called to the Ontario Bar in 2013. He joined Stewart Title as Claims Counsel in 2019 and has handled all types of title insurance claims. Recently, Mario assumed a new role in the Claims Department as Senior Claims Counsel, in which he also manages all litigation and recovery matters.
Ryan is a partner at Valco in London, and he specializes in appraising agricultural and agri-business properties across Southwestern Ontario. Ryan specializes in the livestock and poultry sectors, as well as having a niche in grain elevator, feed mill and gravel pit appraisals. Ryan produces a Land Values Study for Southwestern Ontario annually which highlights and studies the land value market. Ryan has a Commerce degree from the University of Guelph, which is an accredited appraiser with the Appraisal Institute of Canada, as well as Professional Agrologist and is a board member for the Canadian Association of Farm Advisors. Ryan and his family have a small cow-calf farm in Middlesex County.
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