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How should a Saskatoon agent handle title, and what does it reveal about their experience?

An experienced Saskatoon agent treats title as a lawyer's job, not theirs, and orders a preliminary title search through Information Services Corporation early enough to catch a lien or an ownership question long before it threatens the closing date. An agent who waits until possession week to think about title is telling you something about their process.

ISC's Torrens registry makes a title search fast and reliable compared with many other systems, but fast only helps if someone actually runs it early, and a lawyer's title review, typically $800 to $1,500 in legal fees, is far cheaper resolved in week one than in the final days before possession.

Watch how an agent talks about a title issue when one does come up. Calm coordination with your lawyer and a clear timeline is a sign of someone who has handled this before; a scramble, or worse, an attempt to talk you out of pulling in a lawyer, is not.

The best agents make title boring by handling it early, which is exactly the opposite of exciting when you are two weeks from possession. Get your hand-reviewed valuation from Joel Dyck.

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