Real Estate Contracts
Canceling Purchase Contract After Inspection Period
Question: We signed the standard AAR Purchase Contract (“Purchase Contract”) for the purchase of a Gold Canyon home near the Superstition Mountains. During the 10-day inspection period the seller agreed to make the minor repairs that our home inspector had recommended. We then flew back to Canada. Three days later our real estate agent called…
Read MoreCan Listing Agent Bind Seller to Purchase Contract?
Question: In a recent column a buyer made a $480,000 offer to purchase a Casa Grande home. The listing agent emailed the buyer’s agent, “Sounds good. Let’s open escrow. Seller signing the purchase contract.” The seller then sold the house to another buyer for $510,000. Your answer was that the email of the listing agent…
Read MoreCan Seller Cancel Listing Agreement?
Question: We signed a listing agreement to sell our Glendale home for $780,000. Our listing agent said that she had listed and sold 16 homes in our subdivision. Although our listing agent said that the listing price of $780,000 was too high, we were in no rush to sell our home in this “booming” market.…
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