Real Estate Fundamentals 2026

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2026-10-22 9:00 AM

End Date & Time

2026-10-23 2:00 PM

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Session 2

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2027-03-02

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2027-03-02 12:00 PM

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Bedrock for your real estate practice

Thursday and Friday, October 22 and 23, 2026
9:00 am – 2:00 pm (both days)
attend via webinar only

—Rebroadcasts—
On the rebroadcast date, you will have until midnight of that rebroadcast date to access the course. Please note that technical support will be available during regular CLEBC business hours.

Jump Start on CPD 2027
Tuesday, March 2, 2027

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Who should attend: Junior to intermediate real estate lawyers, general practitioners, and lawyers with an interest in real estate law. This course may also be of interest to paralegals and notaries public.

Learning level: Fundamental

Here is your one-stop shop for a comprehensive overview of the fundamentals of real estate practice in BC!

Referencing CLEBC's British Columbia Real Estate Practice Manual, the expert faculty will take you through the essential issues and show you how to build a strong foundation in real estate law. Day 1 will include a thorough review of statement of adjustments, drafting a purchase contract, commercial property, and tax issues. Day 2 will cover due diligence, closing procedures, undertakings, mortgages, regulatory disclosure and transparency requirements, and what to do when things go wrong.

You will take away tips and advice to turn theory into practice and pull it all together with success.

CLEBC would like to thank Lawyer Done Deal and FCT for their generous support in sponsoring this event.

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 8 hours (this course will contain a minimum of 1 hour pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)

Course Chairs
Sergio C. Custodio — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Navnit Duhra — Miller Titerle + Company, Vancouver

Pricing	EARLY BIRD Register by Sept. 24/26	Regular Price After Sept. 24/26
Live Webinar	$769	$879
Live Webinar Articled Student	$439	$439

Jump Start 2027	EARLY BIRD Register by Feb. 1/27	Regular Price After Feb. 1/27
Rebroadcast	$689	$789
Rebroadcast Articled Student	$389	$389

Are you a member of the Indigenous legal community (lawyer/Articled Student/legal support staff/paralegal) or a non-lawyer Indigenous community member?
CLEBC is committed to reducing barriers to legal education. We value your contributions and encourage your participation in all of our programs. To increase accessibility, we offer a 50% discount* to all self-identifying Indigenous lawyers/Articled Students/legal support staff/paralegals and a limited number of free online registrations to non-lawyer Indigenous community members. (*discount applies to Regular prices, not Early Bird prices). Please contact Customer Service to find out more.

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Registration includes an electronic copy of the reference materials.

CLEBC Program Lawyer*
Teresa Sheward
tsheward@cle.bc.ca
*non-practising

Course Chairs
Sergio C. Custodio — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Navnit Duhra — Miller Titerle + Company, Vancouver

About the Course Chairs
Sergio Custodio advises clients on a broad range of business matters, with a focus on real estate, commercial transactions, financings, infrastructure and acquisitions, and dispositions of businesses and assets. He is sought out for his ability to consistently close even the most complicated and fast-paced transactions.

Sergio provides general counsel and transactional advice to a wide variety of clients participating in diverse and often specialized and complex industry sectors including: transportation, hospitality, healthcare, education, and technology.

Executives and entrepreneurs count on Sergio to understand what it takes to keep them at the top of their game. They also rely on him to provide the strategic guidance that only experience working in a business can bring. This allows him to effectively advise on business matters, including those intersecting private business and governments.

Navnit Duhra's practice focuses on secured lending and commercial real estate. She has acted for both borrowers and lenders on a wide variety of debt financing transactions, and for clients on the acquisition, disposition, financing and leasing of commercial properties.

Faculty
Jeevan Ahuja — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver
Dharam Dhillon — Wilson Rasmussen LLP, Surrey
Lisa A. Frey — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver
Hardeep Gill — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver
Timothy J. Lack — Redpoint Law LLP, Vancouver
David Moonje — Stewart, Aulinger & Company, Vancouver
Orla O'Malley — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Sasha Platz — Miller Titerle + Co., Vancouver
Zheting Su — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver
Shoshanah Webber — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Jeff Wong — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver

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BC Real Estate Practice Manual

A lawyer’s day-to-day guide to conveyancing

This publication is essential for: Lawyers looking for guidance on practice and procedure issues arising from conveyancing in BC

Current to: April 1, 2026

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Highlights of the 2026 Update include:

Aboriginal title: derivation, nature, and scope, constitutional protection, reconciliation requirement, duty to consult and accommodate, effect of fee simple interests, limits of title insurance, unconstitutional Crown grants in Cowichan Tribes v. Canada (2025) (BCSC)
BCCA clarification of scope of Shimco (holdback) lien
disclosure statements: BCCA on knowledge of seller with prior realtor experience; BCREA's new "Property No-Disclosure Statement"
BCREA's new "Realtors Disclosure of Material Latent Defects" form
provincial sales tax applicability to real estate-related professional services
BCCA on clarity requirement of CPS contractual terms
temporary GST rebate for eligible "first-time home buyers" on newly constructed or substantially renovated homes acquired for use as primary residence
reporting requirements for deposits held in lawyers' trust accounts; legislative amendments deeming a "bare trust" an express trust for purposes of enhanced reporting requirements
BCFSA's new IRIS secure online portal for REDMA filings and Strata Property Act schedules
effective dates for return filing requirements with repeal of federal Underused Housing Tax Act and related regulations
enhanced property transfer tax exemption for transfers of new purpose-built rental housing
owner developer requirement to fund first depreciation report for new strata corporations with five or more strata lots

Day 1: Thursday, October 22, 2026

Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Teresa Sheward — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Sergio C. Custodio — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Navnit Duhra — Miller Titerle + Company, Vancouver

Statement of Adjustments (9:10 – 9:45)

purpose
specific types of adjustments
tax
rent
commissions
holdbacks

Dharam Dhillon — Wilson Rasmussen LLP, Surrey

Drafting the Purchase Contract (9:45 – 10:25)

parties and property
representations
conditions
amendments
assignments

Lisa A. Frey — Lawson Lundell LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:25 – 10:40)

Commercial Property (10:40 – 11:20)

who is the seller?
who is the buyer?
what is being bought/sold?
leases
service contracts and equipment leases
project documents
labour and employment
purchase price
environmental

Timothy J. Lack — Redpoint Law LLP, Vancouver

Common Income Tax and GST Issues (11:20 – 12:05)

Income Tax
transactional considerations
principal residence
non-resident vendors and withholding
residential anti-flipping rule
Goods and Services Tax
when applicable
special considerations

Hardeep Gill — Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Vancouver

LUNCH (12:05 – 12:50)

Realty Specific Taxes and PST (12:50 – 1:35)

realty specific taxes—overview and common issues
- Property Transfer Tax
- Foreign Buyers Tax
- Empty Homes Tax
- Speculation and Vacancy Tax
- Underused Housing Tax
- related considerations
key practice points

Zheting Su — Thorsteinssons LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion (1:35 – 2:00)

Sergio C. Custodio — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Navnit Duhra — Miller Titerle + Company, Vancouver

Day 2: Friday, October 23, 2026

Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Sergio C. Custodio — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Navnit Duhra — Miller Titerle + Company, Vancouver

Due Diligence (9:10 – 9:45)

title review
types of searches: what to search and why
material contract and document review
additional considerations for specific transactions
title insurance

Sasha Platz — Miller Titerle + Co., Vancouver

Closing Procedures (9:45 – 10:20)

payment of funds
registration order
coordination with lenders
electronic registration

Orla O'Malley — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver

BREAK (10:20 – 10:35)

Undertakings (10:35 – 11:00)

ethical considerations
nature of undertaking
general guidelines

Jeevan Ahuja — Richards Buell Sutton LLP, Vancouver

Mortgages (11:00 – 11:30)

key components of a mortgage
lender requirements
due diligence affecting mortgages
priority issues
mechanics of funding and registration

Shoshanah Webber — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion (11:30 – 11:45)

LUNCH (11:45 – 12:30)

Regulatory Disclosure and Transparency Requirements (12:30 – 1:10)

know your client obligations
handling funds
Land Owner Transparency Act

Jeff Wong — Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver

The Collapsing Deal: When Things Go Wrong (1:10 – 1:50)

elections on breach of contract
tender
specific performance
restrictions on dealing with land pending litigation
damages
claiming the deposit

David Moonje — Stewart, Aulinger & Company, Vancouver

Questions and Discussion (1:50 – 2:00)

Sergio C. Custodio — Bennett Jones LLP, Vancouver
Navnit Duhra — Miller Titerle + Company, Vancouver

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