British Columbia directory

Real Estate Law Firms in Capital Regional District, British Columbia

61 law firms.

What does a real estate lawyer in Greater Victoria do?

A real estate lawyer in Greater Victoria handles the legal side of buying, selling, or refinancing property, from reviewing the purchase contract to registering the transfer on closing. British Columbia offers a second route: a notary public can also carry out a conveyance. BC notaries are a distinct regulated profession commissioned by the Supreme Court of British Columbia, and they handle non-contentious transfers, mortgages, and covenants (Society of Notaries Public of BC). A lawyer's scope is broader, so a dispute, an estate, or a title problem usually goes to a lawyer. A contested real estate claim is heard in the Supreme Court of British Columbia at the Victoria Law Courts on Burdett Avenue (Supreme Court of BC, 850 Burdett Avenue).

How does registering a Greater Victoria property work?

Ownership becomes official only when the transfer registers in the provincial land title register, operated by the Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia (LTSA). Your lawyer or notary files electronically, and title passes when the registration is accepted, not when you get the keys. Before that, the firm searches title for anything registered against the property: mortgages, easements, rights of way, or covenants that limit what you can build. Around newer subdivisions in Langford and Central Saanich, building-scheme covenants come up often, and waterfront lots near Sidney can carry access issues a listing won't mention.

What taxes and exemptions apply to a Victoria home purchase?

Buyers in British Columbia pay Property Transfer Tax when the transfer registers, calculated on the property's fair market value (Property Transfer Tax). Rates are tiered and change over time, so confirm the current figure before you budget. Two exemptions help many buyers: the first-time home buyers' program (first-time home buyers) and the newly built home exemption (newly built home), each with its own price limits. Greater Victoria also sits inside two extra tax zones. The Capital Regional District is a specified area for the additional property transfer tax on foreign buyers (additional tax areas), and its municipalities are taxable areas for the speculation and vacancy tax (taxable areas). If you're buying from outside Canada or leaving a home empty, ask about both before you sign.

How do you choose a real estate firm in Greater Victoria?

Start by matching the firm to your deal. A condo purchase in Victoria or a first home in Langford is routine work, while a rural acreage in Saanich, a downsize in Oak Bay, or a corporate purchase needs someone who handles those regularly. Ask who'll do the conveyancing, whether a lawyer or a notary, how your deposit and closing funds are held in trust, and what you'll pay in fees and disbursements, in writing. It's worth a quick call before you make an offer.

You can confirm any lawyer's standing on the Law Society of British Columbia directory. Browse the real estate law firms in Greater Victoria below.

Beacon Law Centre

6 lawyers · Est. 2000

Beacon Law Centre is a boutique law firm established in 2000, with offices in Victoria (Royal Oak), Sidney, and Brentwood Bay, British Columbia. It focuses on real estate, business law, and wills, estates and probate,…

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Blue Sky Legal Group is a small, primarily virtual law practice serving clients across British Columbia. It focuses on wills and estates, family law, and real estate matters, including mediation and litigation, and ca…

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Brad Friesen

1 lawyer

Brad Friesen is a sole-practitioner lawyer and notary public based in Oak Bay, Victoria, British Columbia. His practice covers real estate transactions, wills and estates, family law, and business incorporation for cl…

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Brooke A. MacLeod Law Corporation

2 lawyers · Est. 2016

Brooke A. MacLeod Law Corporation is a family law firm in Victoria, BC, founded by Brooke MacLeod in 2016. It handles divorce and separation, cohabitation agreements, adoption, mediation, wills and estates, and real e…

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Browne Associates

4 lawyers

Browne Associates is a Victoria, BC law firm offering family law, real estate, business law, wills and estates, and litigation and arbitration services. Its four lawyers include a family law mediator and a senior part…

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Bruce Cornfield

1 lawyer

Bruce Cornfield runs a small, solo law practice out of Gateway Village in Saanich, near Victoria, BC. He's practiced for more than 30 years, focusing on real estate transactions, wills, powers of attorney, and estates…

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Cook and View Law is the sole proprietorship of Victoria, BC lawyer Taya M. Arnold. The firm focuses on real estate transactions, wills and estate planning, and incapacity planning, including powers of attorney, repre…

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Cook Roberts LLP

14 lawyers · Est. 1970

Cook Roberts LLP is a Victoria, BC law firm founded in 1970 by Ron Cook and Art Roberts, which merged with the Victoria firm Alexander Greene in 2002. It offers services across business, employment, real estate, civil…

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Corvus Law

3 lawyers

Corvus Law is a Victoria, BC firm with a second office in Dawson Creek, offering business and corporate, real estate, wills and estates, family, and criminal law services. It was founded by litigator Bobbie Keigan wit…

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Crease Harman LLP

19 lawyers · Est. 1866

Crease Harman LLP is a Victoria, BC law firm tracing its roots to 1866, making it the oldest continuously operating law firm in British Columbia. It offers full-service representation across the province, from the Oka…

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Dawson Mullin Law is a busy real estate and mortgage law office in Victoria, BC, serving Greater Victoria, Vancouver Island, and mainland BC. It has acted for nearly every major bank, credit union, and lending institu…

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Dinning Hunter Law

6 lawyers · Est. 1974

Dinning Hunter Law is a Westshore/Greater Victoria firm established in 1974 as Dinning Vallance, now marking more than 50 years serving the community. Its lawyers are licensed in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, an…

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ERA Law

3 lawyers

ERA Law is a general-practice law firm based in Langford, BC, serving the West Shore and Greater Victoria region. Its lawyers handle wills and estates, corporate and commercial matters, real estate conveyancing, and e…

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Everson Law

1 lawyer

Everson Law is a Sidney, BC law corporation operated by lawyer Wendy L. Everson, offering a general practice in life planning, real estate, business, and notarial services. Wendy previously practiced at large law firm…

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Farris LLP

98 lawyers · Est. 1903

Farris LLP is a full-service law firm founded in 1903, with offices in Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, and Surrey, British Columbia. The firm advises on more than 50 practice areas and industries, including corporate an…

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Foundation Law Corporation (FLC) is a Richmond, British Columbia firm serving Chinese and Canadian clients, with additional offices in downtown Vancouver and Victoria. It practises family, business, real estate, immig…

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Fox Legal

1 lawyer

Fox Legal is a boutique law firm based in Victoria, BC, serving Victoria and the western communities. It handles real estate transactions, small business matters, and wills and estates work, and says it will travel to…

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Gerald J. Loster

1 lawyer

Gerald J. Loster's law practice is based in Colwood, near Victoria, BC, and has served the Western Communities, Greater Victoria, and Sooke for more than 30 years. It handles family law, real estate and conveyancing, …

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Hallgren Faulkner

1 lawyer · Est. 1980

Hallgren Faulkner is a law firm and notary practice in Sooke, BC, serving the community since 1980. It handles real estate, wills and estates, corporate matters, and notarizations, and its current lawyer, Albert Berns…

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Henley & Straub LLP

3 lawyers · Est. 1976

Henley & Straub LLP is a law firm in Sidney, BC, on the Saanich Peninsula. Dale Henley opened the practice in 1976, and the firm now handles wills and estates, real estate, business law, and family law matters for cli…

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Horne Coupar LLP

14 lawyers

Horne Coupar LLP is a Victoria, BC law firm with roots going back more than 80 years, built around wills, estates, trusts, and incapacity planning. It also practises family, corporate, and real estate law, and operate…

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HWK Law Corporation is a law firm in Victoria, BC serving individuals and small businesses. It practises real estate, business, and wills and estates law, and also offers notarization services such as statutory declar…

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Infinity Law

14 lawyers · Est. 2013

Infinity Law is a law firm formed in 2013 through the union of two established Victoria, BC firms, with offices in Victoria (Broadmead and Downtown), Nanaimo, Mill Bay, and Vancouver. It practices commercial and civil…

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Ishkanian & Rippon is a Vancouver Island law firm focused on workers' compensation appeals, representing employees before WorkSafeBC's Review Division and the Workers' Compensation Appeal Tribunal (WCAT). The firm als…

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