Transferring property from one owner to another is taking a lot longer in Alberta than it used to. According to the provincial government's land titles website, the office is currently registering ...

Long delays in transferring land titles continue to frustrate people involved in real estate transactions in Alberta. Service Alberta told CBC News in May it was working to implement solutions to the ...

On September 27, 2024, the Government of Alberta announced that the fee increases foreshadowed in their spring budget will take effect on October 20, 2024, when the amendments to the Land Titles Act 1 ...

The Alberta government has hiked fees for land transfers and mortgage registrations. The new land titles registration levy was announced as part of the provincial budget earlier this year but came ...

To ensure that future borrowers and lenders alike are aware of a potentially significant change in Mortgage registration fee calculations at the Alberta Land Titles Office, and to help prevent any ...

The Alberta government claims it has largely cleared a backlog at the Land Title Office (LTO) that, at times, resulted in processing of transfers and registration taking more than four months to ...

Changes to provincial levies mean the cost of buying a home in Alberta has increased — though the province still has the country’s lowest fees for homebuyers. Alberta’s new land-transfer fees went ...