Before signing a lease, a lessee should check with a real estate trading centre whether a leased property is mortgaged or has been repossessed.

签订租赁合同前，应向房地产交易中心查询租赁房产有无抵押或查封。

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Still, signing a lease or buying a house while Mercury is retrograde is not recommended, so be kind to yourself and wait until October 20 to finalize things.

当水星逆行时不推荐你去签订租约或者卖房子，所以对你自己好一点，等到十月二十号以后来最终决定。

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'I told him to hold off signing the lease because values would continue to fall,' Mr. Wong recalls, noting that Mr. Wu held off for 'only a little while.

Proctor Wong回忆说，他当时告诉吴斌延后签定租约，因房价会继续下滑，他强调吴斌只拖延了一小段时间。

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This could be attributable to more efficient space-usage or better negotiating skills when signing a lease.

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Signing a lease is also costly in some Florida areas.

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Pennsylvania dairy farmer Shawn Georgetti said he was struggling before signing a gas lease.

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