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You retain us
You reach out by phone, email, or quote form. We confirm your flat fee upfront and send an intake link (about 10 minutes), and we keep you updated from day one.
You've accepted an offer. We handle the legal work: title transfers, mortgage discharges, trust accounting, proceeds disbursed straight to your account. The signing happens by video, the paper originals are couriered, a real estate lawyer is on every file.
From the moment you retain us to the moment your sale proceeds land in your account.
You reach out by phone, email, or quote form. We confirm your flat fee upfront and send an intake link (about 10 minutes), and we keep you updated from day one.
We order and review the current title, coordinate your mortgage discharge, prepare the transfer of land, and build your statement of adjustments. If there are caveats or liens to address, we handle those too.
By video, from wherever you are. Paper originals couriered to you ahead of the meeting. The lawyer walks you through transfer documents and your closing statement so you know exactly where every dollar goes — at your pace, in your own space.
We register the transfer with Land Titles, discharge your mortgage, pay out commissions and any outstanding amounts, and deposit net proceeds directly to your account. We confirm every step with you directly.
We review the current state of title, clear any issues, and prepare the transfer of land documents to move ownership to the buyer cleanly.
We contact your lender, obtain your payout statement, and coordinate the full discharge of your existing mortgage so the title transfers clean.
A clear, itemized breakdown of the sale — purchase price, property tax credits, condo fee adjustments, commissions, and your net proceeds.
All funds flow through our trust account. We pay out your mortgage, commissions, and any other charges, then deposit net proceeds directly to you.
We register the transfer of land and discharge of mortgage with Alberta Land Titles, completing the legal transfer of ownership.
Your legal team reaches out at every milestone of your sale — so you always know where things stand, what's next, and when your proceeds are on the way.
A seller's file looks lighter than a buyer's, but it carries one job the buyer's side never has: getting your existing mortgage off the title. The buyer's lawyer will not release the purchase money unless we undertake to pay out your mortgage and register the discharge. So we request a payout statement from your lender, calculate the per-diem interest to the exact closing date, and clear the debt from sale proceeds the day they arrive — you never write a cheque for it.
The second job is the transfer itself. We prepare the transfer of land, review the current title for caveats or liens that need to be discharged before closing, and respond to the buyer's lawyer's trust conditions. A lien you forgot about — an old secured line of credit, a builder's lien from a renovation dispute — surfaces here, and it is far easier to resolve three weeks before closing than three days before. After 20 years and more than 10,000 Alberta closings, that early title review is the step we never compress.
The third job is the accounting. Every dollar of the sale flows through our trust account: the buyer's funds come in, the mortgage is paid out, real estate commissions are paid, adjustments are settled, and the net proceeds go to you. The statement of adjustments shows each line before you sign, so the deposit that lands in your account matches a number you have already seen. If you are buying your next home with those proceeds, we coordinate the purchase file alongside the sale so the money arrives where it is needed, when it is needed.
A Real Property Report is a surveyor's drawing of your property showing the house, garage, deck, fence lines, and any encroachments, stamped with a municipal compliance certificate confirming everything sits where bylaws allow. The standard Alberta resale contract usually requires the seller to provide a current RPR with compliance — it is the seller's cost, not the buyer's.
Here is the practical test: if you have an RPR from when you bought and you have not added or moved any structure since — no new deck, no shed, no fence relocation — your existing report with compliance often still satisfies the contract. If you built anything, the old RPR no longer reflects the property and a new survey takes time to order, so this is a decision to make the week you list, not the week you close.
When a current RPR cannot be produced in time, title insurance frequently stands in its place — a policy covering the risks the survey would have revealed. Whether that substitution works depends on your contract and the buyer. We review your RPR clause at intake and tell you which path your file needs, before the deadline decides for you. Our full FAQ covers the RPR question in more depth.
The sale price and your net proceeds are different numbers, and the gap surprises sellers who haven't seen the breakdown. Every dollar moves through the lawyer's trust account in a fixed order. Here is the path on a typical Alberta sale.
One honest note: if your sale involves an estate, a foreclosure, or a property held in a corporation, the file carries extra steps and runs longer than the typical 4 to 8 weeks. Mention it when you reach out — we confirm the flat fee for your actual situation in writing before any work begins. The full sequence is on our how it works page, and the pricing page shows what the flat fee covers.
Last reviewed: June 2026. Government fees cited are verified against alberta.ca as of the review date.
As soon as you accept an offer. The earlier we're involved, the more time we have to coordinate your mortgage discharge, prepare transfer documents, and ensure a smooth closing.
We contact your lender, obtain a payout statement, and arrange for the full discharge on closing day. The payout comes directly from sale proceeds through our trust account — you don't need to do anything.
Typically within 1-2 business days after closing. Once title transfer is registered and all payouts (mortgage, commissions, adjustments) are complete, we deposit net proceeds directly to your bank account.
The financial summary of your sale — sale price minus mortgage payout, real estate commissions, legal fees, and any tax/condo adjustments. The bottom line shows your net proceeds.
By video, from wherever you are. Paper originals are couriered to you ahead of the meeting. You meet your lawyer on camera, walk through every document at your pace, and sign with your own hand. Same legal weight as an in-office signing, same flat fee.
No. Alberta has no provincial land transfer tax, and the Land Titles registration levy on the transfer is the buyer's cost, not yours (source: alberta.ca, verified June 2026). Sellers' main deductions are the mortgage payout, real estate commission, the lender's discharge fee, and prorated tax or condo adjustments — all settled from proceeds in trust.
You have two paths: order a new survey with municipal compliance, which takes time, or provide title insurance in its place if your contract and the buyer allow it. If you have an older RPR and have not added or moved any structure since, it may still satisfy the contract. We review your RPR clause at intake and confirm which path your file needs.
We handle both files together with coordinated closing dates, so your sale proceeds arrive in trust before your purchase funds are due. One lawyer, one point of contact, one bundled flat fee — less than booking the two files separately. See how the purchase side works or the bundle on our pricing page.
Yes. The signing happens by video and the paper originals move by courier both ways, so the file closes the same way whether you are in Lethbridge or London. Non-resident sellers may have tax withholding requirements under federal rules — mention your residency at intake so we can flag what applies before the timeline tightens.
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