A home inspection, typically $400 to $600, is treated as a budgeting tool as much as a safety check, since a property that needs $15,000 of near-term repairs is not actually the bargain its list price suggests once that cost is added in.
On the closing side, Joel walks buyers through legal fees of $800 to $1,500 and, for anyone putting down less than 20 percent, the mortgage default insurance premium and its provincial sales tax, so the number a buyer budgets for matches the number a lawyer bills at closing.
Staying within budget in Saskatoon is less about finding the cheapest listing and more about knowing the true, all-in cost of a specific property before making an offer.
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