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  2. Common real estate contingencies and what they mean - AOL

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    A contingency clause in a real estate purchase agreement specifies an action or requirement that must be met, within a particular time frame, for the contract to become legally binding. Both the ...

  3. Real estate contract - Wikipedia

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    A real estate contract typically does not convey or transfer ownership of real estate by itself. A different document called a deed is used to convey real estate. In a real estate contract, the type of deed to be used to convey the real estate may be specified, such as a warranty deed or a quitclaim deed. If a deed type is not specifically ...

  4. Equitable conversion - Wikipedia

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    In most jurisdictions, the real property interest created by the contract will pass to the buyer's heirs, while the seller's personal property interest created by the contract will pass to the seller's estate. The State of New York does not recognize equitable conversion. In New York, as long as the buyer is without fault, the risk of loss ...

  5. Property law in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As of 2014, the Restatement's failure to address basic doctrines like adverse possession and real estate transfers had never been corrected over 75 years, three Restatements series, and 17 volumes. [2] In the 1970s, the Uniform Law Commission's project to standardize state real property law was a spectacular failure. [3] [4] [5]

  6. Can a seller back out of a real estate contract? - AOL

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    The language of real estate contracts is typically written to protect buyers. And in many cases, a home seller who reneges on a purchase contract can be sued for breach of contract.

  7. Land contract - Wikipedia

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    Since a land contract specifies the sale of a specific item of real estate between a seller and buyer, a land contract can be considered a special type of real estate contract. In the usual more conventional real estate contracts, a seller does not provide a loan to the buyer; the contract either does not specify a loan or includes provisions ...

  8. Purchase and sale agreement - Wikipedia

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    A purchase and sale agreement (PSA), also called a sales and purchase agreement (SPA) [1] or an agreement for purchase and sale (APS), [2] is an agreement between a buyer and a seller of real estate property, company stock, or other assets.

  9. Merger doctrine (property law) - Wikipedia

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    The merger also refers to the doctrine whereby "a fee simple estate, once fragmented into present and future interests, can thereafter be reconstituted. 'Merger is the absorption of a lesser estate by a greater estate, and takes place when two distinct estates of greater and lesser rank meet in the same person or class of persons at the same time without any intermediate estate.' "[1 ...