Buyers canceled agreements to purchase homes at the highest rate ever in December, adding to evidence that the housing market ...

A real estate purchase agreement is a document used in property transactions. It serves as a binding contract between buyer and seller, detailing all the essential terms and conditions of the sale ...

Even with a signed purchase agreement, buyers must navigate a series of steps — and potential pitfalls — before the keys are finally in hand.Photo courtesy Getty Images. The Silicon Valley Association ...

Roughly 40,000 U.S. home-purchase agreements were canceled in December, equal to 16.3% of homes that went under contract that ...

A purchase agreement is a legally binding contract that spells out the details of a real estate transaction. Homebuyers and sellers typically sign a purchase agreement shortly after negotiating the ...

Also called an installment land contract, contract for deed or contract for sale, a land contract is a property sale where the seller holds the title of the property until you have paid for it. Absent ...

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Adam Leitman Bailey and John M. Desiderio explain how New York courts decide whether a buyer’s or seller’s failure to meet a real estate contract obligation is a “material” breach that justifies ...

Once an agreement of purchase and sale for real estate is signed, the path to closing and the rules of closing are firmly engrained, both in the terms of the contract and in principles of law and ...

WARREN — The Trumbull County Recorder’s Office has received several phone calls over the past week concerning a letter containing a “Purchase Agreement” being mailed out to Trumbull County residents.