Yikes! I know that this is "normal" here in the U.S., but the guy paid over $26K just to sell his home. We sold our home with a "quit-claim deed" and only paid a lawyer $600 to write it up and make it kosher. Buyer was THRILLED not to have to pay all the ridiculous fees a normal sale entails... (and yes, I know that a bank might have a hard time creating a loan for that type of sale, but it worked for us)