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Building contingencies into the contract: Most real estate contracts have contingencies that give sellers cause to back out. For instance, the seller may say they will only sell their property if ...
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 ...
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]
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".
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...
In common law jurisdictions, an implied warranty is a contract law term for certain assurances that are presumed to be made in the sale of products or real property, due to the circumstances of the sale. These assurances are characterized as warranties regardless of
A regulated developer is to provide each purchaser with a disclosure document called a Property Report. The Property Report contains relevant information about the subdivision and must be delivered to each purchaser before the signing of the contract or agreement and gives the purchaser at a minimum a 7-day period to cancel the purchase agreement.
Erie County executive's administration refuses to release basic information on death of 2-year-old Zemina Smith, though state law allows it to do so. Despite law that OKs disclosure, Erie County ...