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Notary News
Plain talk on notarisation, contracts and the law. From Berlin, explained by the notary himself, with practical tips and current updates from notarial practice.
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Property
Additional Purchase Costs in Berlin
Transfer tax, notary, land registry and estate agent: every item with a worked calculation for 300,000 to 800,000 euros.
Priority Notice of Conveyance: Protection Between Notary Appointment and Land Register
What the priority notice protects, how the process works in Berlin and what entry and cancellation cost.
Transferring a House to Your Children: Usufruct or Right of Residence
Usufruct or right of residence, the three ten-year periods, gift tax and notary costs with a worked example.
eGbR: Property and the Register of Partnerships
Since 2024, a GbR can only be entered in the land register as an eGbR. When registration is needed, how it works and what it costs.
Asset-Managing GmbH for Real Estate
Formation, transfer of the property and notary costs in Berlin, with a worked calculation under the GNotKG.
Heritable Building Right in Berlin
Landowner’s consent, ground rent, end of the term and purchase costs with a worked calculation.
Right of First Refusal When Buying Property in Berlin
The municipality’s deadlines, the negative certificate for 100 euros, social preservation areas and the effects on your purchase agreement.
Notary, Wills & Estate Planning
Revoking a Will – What Are the Consequences?
How to revoke a will effectively, what happens to a will held in notarial custody and which mistakes put the succession at risk.
Living Will from the Notary – Certified Power of Attorney
Lasting power of attorney, general power of attorney and living will: when certification is enough and when notarisation is required.
What Is a Notary? Duties, Obligations and Responsibilities
Duties, obligations and costs: when you need a notary and what the notary checks for you.
Notarial Certification – Meaning and Uses
The difference from notarisation, typical documents and fees under the GNotKG.
Land Registry: Content, Meaning and Costs of an Entry
What the three sections contain, who may inspect the register and what an entry costs.