Structured Real Estate Finance  ·  Ontario, Canada

There are sellers stuck between
two options they both hate.

Hold indefinitely at a carrying cost — or permanently exit at a price they believe is wrong. No conventional buyer, agent, or lender has ever solved that binary.

The Market Gap

The Canadian market has a gap nobody has structured a solution for.

Sellers anchored to 2021–22 peak valuations are sitting on properties the market — constrained by elevated rates and subdued volumes — will not clear at their price. The conventional options haven't changed in fifty years: list it, wait, reduce it, or hold.

None of them solve the underlying problem. The seller is forced to choose between a permanent loss and indefinite illiquidity. That binary is a market failure. It exists in every Canadian city, in every cycle where prices have overshot and corrected.

"The structure that solves what nothing else in the Canadian real estate market can solve."

How It Works

A transaction architecture built for situations conventional buyers can't close.

01

Purchase at market value

Mitre acquires at the arm's-length market-clearing price — confirmed by AACI appraisal and MLS evidence. This is not a discount. It is what the market has demonstrably shown it will pay.

02

Vendor receives a repurchase option

A European-style call option — priced using Black-Scholes-Merton methodology — gives the seller the right to repurchase at their original price at defined election dates over up to five years. Freely assignable.

03

Seller walks away whole

Immediate liquidity at close. Operational burden eliminated. Price thesis preserved in a financial instrument they can hold, exercise, or sell to any arm's-length third party — without Mitre's involvement.

For Sellers

What the seller actually receives.

Four things no conventional buyer has ever offered simultaneously.

Cash at close
Market-clearing price confirmed by independent appraisal. No MLS, no public process, no agent required.
A contractual right to return
Strike price locked at acquisition, escalating 2% per annum. Exercisable at Year 3, 4, or 5 election dates.
An assignable instrument
The repurchase option may be sold to any arm's-length third party — without Mitre's consent. It has real, independent market value.
Protection if Mitre sells
Right of first refusal below strike. 75% of appreciation above strike returned to the vendor at any interim sale.

Who We Work With

Every file the conventional path can't close.

Mitre exists for the situations that don't fit. We are the call you make when the standard path runs out — for sellers, and for the advisors who serve them.

Sellers
Estate & probate
Property that can't close while beneficiaries disagree on price. Mitre closes the file. The option survives independently.
Sellers
Matrimonial property
Both parties need liquidity. Neither will absorb the psychological loss. Mitre resolves the disposition; the price dispute is deferred.
Sellers
Tired landlords
Ready to exit operations. Not ready to permanently give up the price. Mitre takes the burden; they keep the option.
Sellers
Business owners
Real estate equity locked while the business needs capital. Mitre unlocks it without closing the door on the asset permanently.
Referral Sources
Real estate lawyers
Certificate of Independent Legal Advice at every closing. Your referral is professionally clean — every time.
Referral Sources
Accountants
Structure built around CRA's Advance Tax Ruling standards. Every closing designed for independent tax analysis.
Referral Sources
Mortgage brokers
The call when the mortgage path is closed. No qualification. No ongoing debt service. Clean close.
Referral Sources
Insolvency trustees
Fast, arm's-length, documented close. The debtor repurchase option assists with obtaining cooperation and consent.

Structural Rigour

Documentation no conventional buyer in this market can replicate.

Agreement of Purchase and Sale
Arm's-length acquisition at market-clearing price, supported by AACI appraisal and MLS evidence. S.69(1) documentation standard throughout.
Vendor Repurchase Option Agreement
Priced using Black-Scholes-Merton methodology. Non-refundable premium. European exercise structure. Freely assignable to arm's-length third parties.
Certificate of Independent Legal Advice
Vendor's own solicitor certifies understanding of the option instrument at every closing. Referral protection built into the process.
CRA Advance Tax Ruling — in progress
Structure built around CRA's ATR standards. A formal submission to the Income Tax Rulings Directorate is in progress. When issued, the ruling attaches to every closing package.

The Mitre Advantage

Five Options. Four Choices.
Only One Structure Checks All Boxes.

Every conventional option delivers at most two of the outcomes a stuck seller needs. Most deliver one. Mitre is the only structure where liquidity, upside, relief, and easy qualification are simultaneously true — unconditionally — at close.

Five Options. Four Choices. Only One Structure Checks All Boxes.

Liquidity
Upside
Relief
No Qualifiers
Vendor Take-Back
Refinance
HELOC
Reverse Mortgage
Bonafide Sale
The Mitre Advantage Vendor Repurchase Option

The Principals

Two disciplines. One firm. Every transaction covered.

Andrew Botros
CFA · FRM  |  Waterloo, Ontario

Director-level roles across Manulife, Allianz Partners, and CMHC spanning model risk management, ALM, individual insurance pricing, and financial risk. The option pricing, transaction structure, and documentation framework are built to institutional finance standards.

Greg Bathe
Certified Master Electrician  |  Toronto, Ontario

Deep operational expertise across Ontario's property market with established community roots. Every acquisition is underwritten with first-hand knowledge of the asset — not just the instrument.

Get in Touch

Ready to discuss
a specific situation?

Schedule a 15-minute call with both principals. Bring a file. We'll tell you whether it fits.

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Andrew Botros
CFA · FRM · Co-Director
Waterloo, Ontario
Greg Bathe
CME · Co-Director
Toronto, Ontario
Mitre Holdings Inc.
Ontario Corp #1001501131
mitreholdings.ca