Prairie Legal Services can meet all your residential Real Estate Lawyer needs including offers to purchase, sales, purchases, and family transfers. If you are ready to buy, have bought, or want to sell you can contact us below. Purchased through a Realtor or are about to purchase? Just tell them your lawyer is Prairie Legal Services and they will take care of the rest.
At Prairie Legal Services all our Real Estate pricing is clear, transparent, and fair. Our fees are all inclusive of the services we will provide you. Often law firms will offer what seems like a great price or even the best price in town, but it almost never includes all the fees you will be charged. We do not do business this way. Instead, our price is the price, no secrets. We do not charge any hidden fees such as: photocopying fees, file documentation retention fees, file maintenance fees, file opening fees, or unspecified “miscellaneous file expenses”.
Here are our current standard residential Real Estate fees (not including taxes or disbursements, some exclusions apply):
Pricing
Purchase without Mortgage
$675
Purchase with Mortgage
$850
Sale
$675
Both Sides of the Deal with Mortgage
$800 – Buyer
$625 – Seller
Construction Mortgages
$ 1000*
Family Transfers
$500**
Refinance Mortgages
$500
Billing
Legal bills should be easy to understand, particularly on what is likely the largest and most important purchase you will ever make.
Here is what you can expect to see on your Prairie Legal Services Real Estate bill:
Our Standard Fee – clearly laid out, one line, one price
Disbursements – which are payments for third-party services from money held in trust. Examples of common disbursements are:
Land Titles Office Fees
Courier Fees
Title Insurance
Mortgage Discharge Fees
Tax Certificates
Land Transfer Tax
Realtor Commissions
Mortgage Payout
Water Bill Payout
Non-Standard Legal Services – these are legal fees for exclusions to our standard fees. These charges are rare but do happen. You will be informed of these charges in advance and they will be billed at our hourly rate. Examples of these charges include:
Water Rights Agreement
Allocation Agreement
Right of Access Easement
*Includes three advances of funds from lender. Additional advances are billed at hourly rate.
**Addition to or removal of a family member from the title of property with no funds being exchanged between the parties.
