Blog

The FCT blog aims to answer your industry questions, examine current market trends and provide key information on the value of our products and services.

The FCT blog does not represent a single author or opinion. Instead, it represents the collective voice and experience of FCT’s dedicated niche experts.

EasyFund

What customers are saying about EasyFund

Jan 10th, 2019 | By FCT

We launched EasyFund to help our legal community with one of the tasks they find onerous and time consuming—funding deals and completing payouts by cheque. EasyFund is a secure online service that…

Legal Professionals

How to get more protection from the risks you face

Sep 20th, 2018 | By FCT

After losing a property through power of sale, a borrower sued both the lender’s lawyer and the lender, seeking both general and punitive damages. The borrower alleged that there were improprieties in…

Fraud

Legal professionals—how fraud savvy are you?

Sep 15th, 2018 | By FCT

Since it’s back to school time, we decided to do a pop quiz to find out how comfortable you are spotting and protecting yourself and your clients from fraud. Good luck!

FCT

Why you can count on FCT’s underwriting team

Jul 12th, 2018 | By FCT

Did you know that across the country, real estate is consistently one of the riskiest areas of law to practice? From the beginning of a real estate transaction to long after the…

Title Insurance

What happens when you get the wrong information about your property?

Jun 28th, 2018 | By FCT

Jason Bates*, a seasoned investor in commercial real estate was selling his property, and there was a new building search done as part of the process. Unfortunately for Jason, the new search…

FCT

How to protect your clients from Vancouver’s Empty Homes Tax

Apr 5th, 2018 | By FCT

As you know, the Empty Homes Tax or Vacancy Tax is applied to homes in Vancouver that are vacant or underutilized. As the bylaw requires a ‘registered owner’ to provide information for…

Real Estate

Why errors and omissions coverage matters for every legal professional

Jul 14th, 2017 | By FCT

When Jack Smith’s* clients were slapped with a $47,000 development charge, they were astounded. Jack had made an honest mistake in failing to advise them about this charge and that there was…

Commercial Solutions

Strata Plan VS Title Insurance: Which One Do You Really Need?

Jun 28th, 2017 | By Paul Miron

Darren* applied to change the use of his commercial condo unit to a medical one, but his request was denied. He was told by the municipality that the site plan agreement had…