Video: No real estate purchase without a notary

To ensure that the purchase of your property is binding in the end, the notary must handle it legally. To ensure that the purchase is notarized quickly and smoothly, the notary needs certain information in advance.

Negotiations and the signing of preliminary contracts usually take place before the notary appointment. The buyer already has a financing commitment and may have viewed the property. Only then do the owner and buyer meet again at the notary's office.

The notary has an important role to play in the real estate transaction. He checks whether all the necessary documents are available and whether the conditions of the purchase contract have been met. The notary draws up and certifies the sales document. He needs some information for this: Date of the property transfer, the purchase price, any defects in the property, the land register extract and other relevant information.

When a property is sold privately, several appointments with the notary are often necessary. A professional estate agent, on the other hand, makes it possible to limit the process to just one notarization appointment with the notary. At the notary appointment, the previously drawn up contract is read out in the presence of the seller and the buyer. This is also the last opportunity to make any changes to the contract.

Watch our short video to find out what you should look out for at the notary appointment.