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The move surprised many in the sector, but Service Alberta Minister Stephen Khan said lawyers and real-estate associations told him there was room to grow, compared with the taxes and fees in other provinces.
We heard that independently from our stakeholders — boy you guys are really, really really low when it comes to fees,” Khan said. “There’s a recognition that having the lowest fees is not a sustainable model.”
While this fee is a fraction of the price of a new house or condo, new homebuyers are often surprised by the bevy of unexpected costs like home inspection, legal fees and the suddenly increased levy for document registration, said Liberal MLA Darshan Kang, a former real-estate disney world florida swan hotel agent.
It s the first time since 2011 the province has increased the flat fee for property and mortgage registrations. In the Klein era, the province slashed the variable fee from o.1 per cent of a property price to 0.02, and it hadn t moved since. Now it will be 0.12 per cent.
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