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Only a lawyer is required to close a home sale in Alberta. An agent never was — it was just the default. Here's what the law actually requires, what the assumption costs you, and how to sell your home yourself.
Alberta-specific · plain-English · not legal advice
Alberta law requires a lawyer to transfer title — not an agent. Everything else about using a realtor is convention, not a legal requirement.
Alberta commission commonly runs 7% on the first $100,000 and 3% on the rest — paid by the seller, out of the sale price. Move the slider.
Illustrative only. Commission rates in Alberta are negotiable and not set by law — actual amounts vary by agreement. This is a common structure, not a quote.
That's not the cost of selling a home. It's the cost of assuming you needed an agent to.
Yes — real work, worth naming honestly. The point isn't that the jobs don't matter. It's that each one can now be done directly, with software, or by the professional the law always required.
An agent brings a market analysis. Now: software prices your home from real comparable sales and offers a few strategies — the same data, shown to you.
Agents offer MLS exposure. Now: a flat-fee mere posting puts you on MLS, and a direct marketplace matches buyers to your home automatically.
Agents relay and structure offers. Now: offers land on one ledger you can see — counter, accept, and track every revision on the record.
The part with real legal weight. Now: it's handled by a lawyer — required regardless of whether an agent was ever involved.
The whole process, start to keys. None of it requires a licensed agent — the last step requires a lawyer, and that's the one you keep.
Pull recent sales of similar homes nearby and set a realistic range. Software can do this now — Closr's pricing engine returns three strategies from comparable sales.
Clean, declutter, take good photos — or record a short walkthrough and let the listing draft itself. Locate a current Real Property Report with compliance so title can transfer cleanly.Alberta · RPR + compliance
Post it where buyers look. A flat-fee mere posting gets you on MLS; a direct marketplace matches pre-qualified buyers to your home. No exclusivity required.
Talk to buyers directly, and keep offers on one ledger — counter or accept in writing, with every revision recorded. Verify buyers are serious before you show.
Financing, inspection, title review — track each condition and its deadline so nothing slips before close.Alberta · written purchase contract
Your lawyer handles the title transfer, trust funds, and closing. The one required professional — and the one you were always going to pay.
Plain-English answers about selling and buying a home in Alberta without an agent.
Closr is a free Alberta app that runs the whole transaction — so you're not doing it alone, you're doing it guided.