Your home sale is completed on closing day when ownership is officially transferred to the buyer. As closing day approaches, there are a number of tasks to complete:

• Hire a legal professional to represent your interests and manage closing documentation.

• Satisfy any conditions you may be subject to in the offer.

• Arrange for your self-move requirements of obtain estimates from reputable moving companies and book as far in advance as possible.

• Contact utilities to have meters read on closing day an coordinate cancellations, transfers and change-of-address notification for medical, financial and contracted services, licenses, subscriptions, memberships, and personal mail.

• Organize the connection of services and utilities at your new home.

• Coordinate with your lawyer the receipt of compensation for prepaid utility expense and the payment of Real Estate and legal fees from the proceeds of the sale.

• Meet with your lawyer to sign required closing documentation to discharge any mortgages, transfer the deed, and to provide the keys for the buyer.