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Hi, am looking fr another property but has outstanding mortgage where I am thinking to settle it. Am aware need to engage lawyer to claim the title deed. Just thinking is it possible to combine lawyer fee when buying a new house? Will the time window from the 2 transactions able to meet?
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Hi.

Allow me to explain how this works. Banks usually subsidise the legal fees, up to a maximum of $2500, should u take up a loan with them. Whether you are eligible for the maximum subsidy or not depends on how much you borrow. Thus a buyer only need to pay the balance between the subsidy and the actual legal fees, if any.

When u want to settle your outstanding loan, all u need to do is to notify ur bank in advance and that's it. The tile deed is urs, but the bank holds a lien over it when u owe a mortgage. There's no need to engage a lawyer at all.

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