For Red Deer buyers, sellers, and refinancers: the whole closing runs remotely — couriered originals, a video signing with the lawyer, one flat fee in writing before anything starts — and the meeting happens when your week allows it.
The remote-default closing isn't for one kind of client. These are the situations where it earns its keep.
The signing meeting can happen at 8 p.m. at your own table, kids asleep down the hall — no babysitter arranged for a 2 p.m. office slot, no one wrangling car seats for a half-hour meeting.
If you have relocated before your Red Deer sale closes, tell our office where you will be. Your lawyer confirms the available signing and document-delivery arrangements.
Tell us your rotation, travel dates and preferred times early. Our office confirms available appointments and document-delivery arrangements for your location and file.
A lender switch or a new mortgage on your current home is paperwork, not an occasion. It runs start-to-finish remotely, with the same flat-fee, lawyer-on-every-file structure.
You start with a 10-minute intake from your phone or laptop. A lawyer reviews it during office hours, your flat fee is confirmed in writing before any work begins, and the file opens immediately once you confirm. Our office coordinates the title search, adjustments and document preparation, and confirms the next steps and available ways to receive updates.
Remote signing is guaranteed for your Alberta closing. We arrange your video appointment, required identity checks and any paper-original delivery and return. Completion and release of keys depend on the required documents, funds and arrangements with the other parties.
And to be clear about the order of things: the home signing isn't a workaround for living outside a big city. It's the meeting most clients prefer once they've had it — the same preference we see in Edmonton, where our own office is a short drive away, and in Lethbridge at the other end of the province. The mechanics in full are on how it works; the fee structure is on pricing.
The file is opened and everything needed is gathered.
Title search, adjustments, every document readied.
Meet the lawyer by video and sign paper originals.
Funds transfer, title registers, the keys are released.
Yes. A licensed Alberta real estate lawyer reviews, signs, and is accountable for every file — purchases, sales, and refinances alike. The legal work is performed by Giardino Law, an Alberta law firm.
Remote signing is guaranteed for your Alberta closing. We arrange your video appointment, required identity checks and any paper-original delivery and return.
An all-in quote with disbursements included, confirmed in writing before any work begins — including the remote signing. The free calculator at /your-closing-cost provides an itemized estimate in about a minute, no email required. Alberta has no provincial land transfer tax; the Land Titles registration levy is $50 plus $5 per $5,000 of value (effective October 20, 2024; source: alberta.ca, verified June 2026).
Often, yes. Intakes are reviewed by a lawyer during office hours and files open immediately once the client confirms, so very little time is lost at the start. Typical Alberta closings run four to eight weeks agreement-to-possession, but call 780-473-7779 with your dates and we will give you a straight answer.
Everything else is on the full FAQ.
Last reviewed: June 2026.