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The Natural Hazards Disclosure Act, under Sec. 1103 of the California Civil Code, [1] states that real estate seller and brokers are legally required to disclose if the property being sold lies within one or more state or locally mapped hazard areas. The law specifies that the six (6) required hazards be disclosed on a statutory form called the ...
If the seller has attempted to repair the defective product and failed, the action must be instituted within one year of the date of the last attempt to correct the defect. If the seller knew of the defect at the time of sale but sold the product anyway, the action is available for one year from the date the buyer discovered the defect.
The seller disclosure notice or statement is anecdotal and does not serve as a substitute for any inspections or warranties the purchaser may wish to obtain. It also does not serve as a warranty of any kind. [1] Deliberate misrepresentation in the statement can result in liability. [2] Seller disclosure statements are not compulsory in New ...
Finding out the buyer failed to secure funding: If the buyer can’t get a mortgage, the seller is typically not required to continue the sale. You have the right to be paid the agreed-upon price ...
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The modern trend in the U.S. is that the implied warranty of fitness for a particular purpose applies in the real-estate context to only the sale of new residential housing by a builder-seller and that the caveat emptor rule applies to all other real-estate sale situations (e.g. homeowner to buyer). [3]
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As such, the term "latent defect" is often used as part of the guarantee clauses in a sales contract so that the buyer can recover damages from the seller if defects turn up in the property after the sale. For example, the seller may be required to pay for repairs of any such damage. Under common law, there is no automatic right for a buyer to ...