Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
We understand the power that the Internet holds for changing your life and making things easier for you. These benefits are at risk if people are concerned about their personal privacy. We are committed to providing you with an Internet experience that respects and protects your personal privacy choices and concerns.
In general, we gather information about all of our users collectively. We only use such information anonymously and in the aggregate. This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users, and how we can continually create a better overall experience for you.
Email Links
This site provides an email address link located on the Contact Us page so that you may email us directly with any questions or comments you may have. This site reads all messages received and makes efforts to respond promptly.
In addition to replying to your comment or inquiry, we may also file your email for future reference regarding improvements to our website or discard the information. Your personal information is not shared, traded, sold, or exchanged with any third parties without your express permission.
Information Collection and Use
This site is the sole owner of the information collected. We will not sell, share, trade, or rent this information to others in ways different from what is disclosed in this statement.
This site collects information from our users at several different points on our website. We only collect personal information necessary to effectively market and sell the property of sellers, to locate, assess, and qualify properties for buyers, and to otherwise provide professional services to clients and customers.
We do not sell, trade, transfer, rent, or exchange your personal information with anyone.
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Since this site is a real estate site, we give you the option of requesting free real estate information about real estate properties. Your personal information is stored on our secure database.
We only collect personal information necessary to effectively market and sell the property of sellers, to locate, assess, and qualify properties for buyers, and to otherwise provide professional services to clients and customers.
We do not sell, trade, transfer, rent, or exchange your personal information with anyone.
Personal Information
This site functionality requires or requests users to give us contact information, such as their email address, and personal information, such as their names, addresses, phone numbers, and property details.
The visitor’s contact and personal information is used to contact the visitor when necessary and requested, but is primarily used to collect personal information necessary to effectively market and sell the property of sellers, to locate, assess, and qualify properties for buyers, and to otherwise provide professional services to clients and customers.
We do not sell, trade, transfer, rent, or exchange your personal information with anyone.
We do not disclose information about your individual visits to this site, or personal information that you provide, such as your name, address, email address, telephone number, etc., to any outside parties, except when we believe the law requires it.
Legal Disclaimer
We may disclose personal information when required by law, or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary in order to conform to the edicts of the law, or comply with a legal process served on our website.
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Users of this site have the option to unsubscribe from our mailing list directly through their accounts. To opt out, please navigate to the Subscription Settings located under My Account.
By disabling the email or SMS notification toggle, you’ll cease to receive notifications associated with the selected options.
Links
This site contains links to other sites. These sites have their own policies and practices with respect to online privacy, and this site cannot be responsible for the privacy practices, or the content, of these websites.
In addition, in certain instances, this site’s advertisers may ask you for personal information. This site cannot be responsible for the privacy practices of its advertisers.
Only certain employees have access to the information you provide us. For example, we impose strict rules on our employees who have access either to the databases that store user information, or to the servers that host our services.
While we cannot guarantee that loss, misuse, or alteration to data will not occur, we try to prevent such unfortunate occurrences.
Notification of Changes
This policy may be revised over time as new features are added to the website. We’ll post those changes so that you’ll always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and whether we’ll disclose it to anyone.
Please check this site for information about revisions to our privacy policy. We’ll notify you directly if there is a material change in our privacy practices.
We’ll take commercially reasonable measures to obtain written or active email consent from the user if this site is going to use the information collected from the user in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection. We’ll also post the changes in our privacy statement 10 days prior to a change.
Cookies
This website uses the following cookies:
Google Analytics
This cookie allows us to see information on user website activities, including, but not limited to, page views, source, and time spent on websites. The information is depersonalized and is displayed as numbers, meaning it cannot be tracked back to individuals.
This will help to protect your privacy. Using Google Analytics, we can see what content is popular on our website, and strive to give you more of the things you enjoy reading and watching.
Google AdWords
Using Google AdWords code, we’re able to see which pages helped lead to contact form submissions. This allows us to make better use of our paid search budget.
Removal of and Access to Personal Information
We’ll accommodate the deletion of any personal information as soon as reasonably possible.
Should you wish to request erasure of personal data, please submit a written request to Macedo Real Estate Group, addressed to the address listed below. Each request will be validated, and you’ll be required to provide some personal information for security reasons.
Please note that Macedo Real Estate Group has the right to deny a request and provide an explanation as to why each request was denied.
Macedo Real Estate Group
www.MacedoRealEstateGroup.com
110 Weston Road
Toronto, ON M6M0A6
Canada
[email protected]
416-535-5000
Privacy Questions
If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please send us an email, and we’ll be pleased to assist.
Royal LePage® Supreme Realty, Brokerage
110 Weston Road
Toronto, ON M6N 0A6
Call 416-535-8000
Text 647-931-5151
Copyright 2026. Macedo Real Estate Group, Danny Macedo, Sales Representative, Anthony Rocco Macedo, Sales Representative, Royal LePage Supreme Realty, Brokerage all rights reserved assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of any information shown. The information provided herein must only be used by consumers that have a bona fide interest in the purchase, sale or lease of real estate and may not be used for any commercial purpose or any other purpose.
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What the Conditions in Your Agreement of Purchase and Sale Actually Mean
When you sign an Agreement of Purchase and Sale in Ontario, the conditions written into that agreement are the only things standing between you and a binding obligation to close. Most buyers see the word "conditional" and assume it means they can walk away for any reason. That is not what it means. Each condition protects one specific thing, and if that thing checks out, the condition is waived and the deal is firm.
Understanding what each condition actually covers, and where its limits sit, is worth doing before you sign rather than after.
The Financing Condition
This is the most common condition in residential offers. It gives the buyer a set number of days, usually five business days, to obtain formal mortgage approval from a lender.
What it protects: your ability to actually get the mortgage. If the lender declines, or approves you for less than the purchase price, this condition allows you to walk away and get your deposit back.
What it does not protect: a change of heart. If your financing is approved and you simply decide you no longer want the property, you cannot use this condition to exit. The condition is about whether the money is available, not whether you still want to spend it.
A pre-approval letter from a bank is not the same as formal approval. Pre-approval means a lender looked at your income and credit and said you likely qualify. Formal approval means the lender has reviewed the specific property, the appraisal, and your full application. These are two different steps, and the financing condition exists because the second one can fail even when the first one went smoothly.
The Home Inspection Condition
This gives the buyer a set number of days to hire a qualified home inspector and have the property examined.
What it protects: the right to know what you are buying. If the inspection reveals something material, a failing foundation, knob-and-tube wiring, active water damage, the buyer can either negotiate a repair, request a price adjustment, or walk away.
What it does not protect: cosmetic complaints. An inspector who notes that the paint is peeling or the carpet is worn is documenting the condition of the home, not giving you grounds to renegotiate the price by twenty thousand dollars. The line between material defect and cosmetic issue is where most disputes land, and it is worth discussing with your agent before you make any request.
In a slower market like the one we are in now, most sellers will accept an offer with an inspection condition. In a hot market, buyers sometimes waive it to compete. Whether that is wise depends entirely on the property, and on how much risk you are prepared to carry.
The Status Certificate Condition (Condominiums)
If you are buying a condominium, this condition gives you time to obtain and review the condominium corporation's status certificate. In Ontario, the seller is required to provide it within ten days of the request.
What it protects: your right to understand the financial and legal health of the building. The status certificate contains the reserve fund study, any pending lawsuits, the current budget, the rules and by-laws, and any special assessments that have been levied or are planned.
What it does not protect: surprises that are not in the certificate. If the board has not disclosed something, the certificate will not catch it. This is one of the reasons a lawyer's review of the certificate is not optional. A trained eye will spot red flags that a buyer reading it for the first time will miss.
The Condition on the Sale of the Buyer's Property
This is the one that matters most to move-up buyers and empty nesters. It makes the purchase conditional on the buyer selling their current home within a specified number of days.
What it protects: the buyer from owning two homes at once. If the buyer's property does not sell, they can walk away from the purchase.
What sellers need to know: this condition usually comes with an escape clause, sometimes called a time clause or a 48-hour clause. It means the seller can continue to market the property, and if another acceptable offer comes in, the original buyer gets 48 hours (or whatever period is specified) to either waive their condition and go firm, or step aside.
This is the condition where sequencing matters most. If you are buying and selling at the same time, the timeline on this condition drives everything else. Getting it wrong by even a few days can cost real money.
What Happens When a Condition Is Not Met
If a condition is not fulfilled within the agreed timeframe, the buyer delivers a notice that the condition has not been satisfied. The agreement is then null and void, and the deposit is returned.
If the buyer does nothing and the deadline passes without a waiver or a notice, the legal outcome depends on how the condition was drafted. Some conditions expire automatically if not waived, making the deal null. Others are drafted so that silence is treated as a waiver, making the deal firm. Read the wording carefully. This is not a place to assume.
One More Thing Worth Knowing
Conditions are negotiable. The number of days, the specific wording, and even which conditions are included are all part of the negotiation. A stronger offer is not always the one with the highest price. It is often the one with the fewest conditions and the shortest timelines, because it gives the seller more certainty.
That said, removing a condition you actually need in order to win a bidding war is a decision with real consequences. The right question is not "can I remove this condition?" It is "what happens to me if the thing this condition protects goes wrong?"
If you are preparing to buy in the GTA and want to understand what your offer should look like before you write one, call me at 416-560-4983 and I will walk you through it.
