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What Realtors Get Wrong About Stigma

By Zachary Soccio-Marandola · Feb 13, 2026 · View online →

Reading Time: 3 minutes

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Key Takeaway
If stigma matters to your buyer, address it with appropriate representations in the offer.

Earlier this week, I made a video about disclosure requirements and stigma.

Here’s the legal baseline in Ontario:

Real estate transactions are governed by caveat emptor... buyer beware.
Sellers do not have to volunteer every fact that might matter to a buyer.
Sellers must disclose known latent defects that make a property dangerous or unfit for habitation.
Stigma (death in the home, prior criminal activity,