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Often, the discovery of a cloud on title will provide the grantee a reason to back out of a contract for the sale of real property. [ citation needed ] Some documents that affect title may be considered clouds, but nonetheless are unlikely to affect marketability or resale, such as with covenants, conditions and restrictions in a homeowners ...
The extensive guarantees and protections offered by grant deeds include assurances of the grantor's legal authority to transfer ownership, the absence of undisclosed claims or encumbrances on the property, and protection against defects in title. [1] Understanding liens and encumbrances is important in real estate transactions.
In construction contracting, a latent defect is defined as a defect which exists at the time of acceptance but cannot be discovered by a reasonable inspection. [2]In the 1864 US case of Dermott v Jones, the latent defect lay in the soil on which a property had been built, giving rise to problems which subsequently made the house "uninhabitable and dangerous".
Getty ImagesBy Geoff WilliamsSometimes all the safeguards the real estate industry has put in place to help prevent buyer's remorse after purchasing a house still don't work.The process takes time ...
If you're in the market for purchasing a home, you've likely done plenty of research on everything from mortgage options to negotiation tips on trying to close a property. There's plenty of time...
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Marketable title (real estate) is a title that a court of equity considers to be so free from defect that it will legally force its acceptance by a buyer. Marketable title does not assume that absolute absence of defect, but rather a title that a prudent, educated buyer in the reasonable course of business would accept.
Breach of contract is a legal cause of action and a type of civil wrong, in which a binding agreement or bargained-for exchange is not honored by one or more of the parties to the contract by non-performance or interference with the other party's performance.