Real Estate Purchase and Sale
Purchasing and selling your property is one of the biggest decisions and financial investments of your life. We are here to help you through the process — also known as conveyance — from when property is conveyed from one party to the other, i.e., the seller (vendor) to the buyer (purchaser). We will support you with the necessary legal documents to make the transition to/from home ownership as smooth as possible.
We also assist clients with commercial purchases, private transactions, and family transfers of real estate property.
Other real estate services with which we can assist you include changing your name on a title, transmission of a joint tenant, and changing the address on a title.
How it works
Land ownership in British Columbia is recorded in the Land Title Office. As your notary public, we will assist you with the following:
- Transfer: preparation of the legal forms needed to transfer property from the transferor to the transferee
- Mortgage: preparation of the required land title forms and lender forms necessary to complete the mortgage of the property
- Property transfer tax: preparation of the necessary forms and remitting the tax to the Ministry of Finance on your behalf
- Statement of adjustments: in any transaction whether buyer or seller, there is a statement of adjustments which reflect the credits and debits in your transactions. Any adjustments such as property taxes and strata maintenance fees are reflected on this document
- Strata property management forms: we assist you in obtaining the strata forms necessary to complete your transaction and ensure all strata fees are paid for.
- State of title certificate: at the end of your transaction, we will obtain a state of title certificate from the Land Title Office which proves that you are the registered owner of the property.
