I recently bought two apartments. On October 7th, I had a bank appointment about it. We went through all the documents there and finalized the loan. Everything was discussed, etc. He said it would take a while until we have the contracts and can sign them. The notary appointment for the first apartment was then on October 21st. The notary appointment for the second apartment was on November 19th. Since then, of course, invoices for the notary, land registry, purchase price payment, broker, etc. have regularly arrived. For that, we simply overdrew my account. Last week, the call finally came that we can sign the notary contracts on December 29th. So... it is currently dragging on a lot at the banks. And by the way. I wouldn’t recommend such an approach to anyone who does not have an absolutely good relationship with their bank and their handling officer, as it does carry some risk. By the way, I don’t have to pay any overdraft interest :D oh yes, the bank is a regional Sparkasse.