A contingency clause in real estate specifies conditions that must be met for a contract's validity. Learn how these clauses protect buyers and sellers.

QWe are in the process of selling our rental property. A buyer signed a purchase contract, using the standard regional sales contract form. Several days later, we received an addendum stating that the ...

Q: I have been looking for rural property. Many of the larger properties have never been surveyed, and I am reluctant to buy based only on the seller’s (and listing agent’s) “guesstimate” of how much ...