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General Discussion / Invalid Tax Sale
« on: July 05, 2013, 01:09:30 AM »
Hello,
I'm looking for some advice about a tax sale that I was involved in. The June 15th Ontario Gazette listed some properties in Central Elgin (30 minutes outside of London). The strange thing about the notice was that the offers had to be in by 3pm Monday, June 17th. It seemed strange that the properties would be listed in the gazette 2 days before the sale.
I found a house that looked interesting and spent the next 2 days doing the due diligence that is often discussed here. I got my offer in at 2pm on the Monday.
Two weeks later, I received a letter from a lawyer representing the municipality saying that the tax sale was invalid because the properties weren't advertised for the correct amount of time. My deposit was included with this letter.
Have any of you had to deal with this? If so, do I have any options in terms of fighting this?
Thanks in advance.
I'm looking for some advice about a tax sale that I was involved in. The June 15th Ontario Gazette listed some properties in Central Elgin (30 minutes outside of London). The strange thing about the notice was that the offers had to be in by 3pm Monday, June 17th. It seemed strange that the properties would be listed in the gazette 2 days before the sale.
I found a house that looked interesting and spent the next 2 days doing the due diligence that is often discussed here. I got my offer in at 2pm on the Monday.
Two weeks later, I received a letter from a lawyer representing the municipality saying that the tax sale was invalid because the properties weren't advertised for the correct amount of time. My deposit was included with this letter.
Have any of you had to deal with this? If so, do I have any options in terms of fighting this?
Thanks in advance.