Highlight of notary fees: “Impossible to sign before April 1, 10,000 euros in addition suddenly”

Departments that wish can increase transfer duties for consideration from April 1. Real estate buyers rush to the notaries to finalize their purchase on March 31 at the latest.

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Notary in Paris, Nathalie Couzigou-Suhas has been on deck since 6 am, this Thursday, March 27. And she plans to work “Until 10 pm Monday March 31”. It is indeed from Tuesday April 1 that the departments that wish can increase by 0.5 point transfer rights for consideration (DMTO) on real estate transactions. Improperly called notary costs, insofar as they mainly consist of taxes, national and especially local, the DMTOs are due by any buyer of real estate. And they represent no less than 7% to 8% of the purchase price old accommodation.

For a real estate purchase of 300,000 euros, the increase of 0.5 point of “notary fees”, April 1, thus represents “”1,500 euros of additional DMTO», Calculates Maître Couzigou-Suhas. “A sum that the buyer probably preferred to invest in a beautiful sofa”regrets the notary. Admittedly, the first-time buyers, who buy their main residence for the first time, are exempt from this increase in transfer duties for consideration. For Elodie Frémont, notary in Paris, she is nonetheless “”A very bad signal»»while the real estate market gives timid signs of recovery after two and a half years of crisis.

Notary fees: hurry to finalize your purchase before this date to escape their rise

The authentic act is proof, not the promise to sell

A crisis that caused a Fall of recipes that the departments derive notary fees. It is therefore a safe bet that many will increase them from Tuesday. Paris, which has a departmental competence, was the first to announce it. Seine-Saint-Denis, Yvelines, Charente-Maritime, Rhône and Loire-Atlantique will also increase the DMTO on April 1.

To escape this increase, provided for by the finance law for 2025, promulgated in mid-February, many buyers have rushed in notarial studies for several weeks. So much so that they must sometimes be oriented towards colleagues because “The increase in DMTOs does not depend on the department where the notary is located but on the one where good is”explains Nathalie Couzigou-Suhas. “I am underwater”says another notary. It must be said that many buyers were convinced that it would be enough to have signed a sales compromise before April 1 to avoid the increase in DMTOs. “No, this is the signature of The authentic act who is proof “specifies Nathalie Couzigou-Suhas.

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Incompressible deadlines

However, between the signing of the promise to sell and that of the authentic act, the buyers are looking for a mortgage and this approach includes incompressible deadlines. Like that of 11 days to accept the credit offer. “We do the maximum to sign authentic acts on March 31 at the latest. Banks also do what they can but they are also drowned under buyers’ requests ”notes Nathalie Couzigou-Suhas. A banking establishment has just called him to tell him that one of his customers will not be able to sign the authentic act before April 2. He will therefore have to pay … 10,000 euros in additional notary fees. “As customers do not know that the DMTOs go above all to the departments, it is we who undergo their dissatisfaction”sighs another notary.