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What is a Land Sale Agreement?
A land sale agreement is a legal contract used to purchase real estate between a seller and a buyer. Land sale agreements are like mortgages, except that instead of borrowing money from a bank, the buyer pays the owner directly until the property is paid off completely.
A land sales contract must be signed by both the seller and the buyer to be legally binding. Specific details such as the total purchase price, instalment payments, payment frequency, and payment method should all be included in the contract. The property will be lawfully transferred from the seller to the buyer once the buyer has fulfilled their commitment by making all appropriate payments
Essentials of a Land Sale Agreement
Some of the fundamental things that must be included in the sales agreement are as follows:
- Basic information on the buyer and seller, such as their names, addresses, and phone numbers.
- If the contract has any co-signers, include their names, addresses, and phone numbers.
- The type of sale that is going place.
- The date the deal was signed.
- If any money has already been put down to help with the sale, it should be indicated in the contract.
- Specification of the goal dates for completion of the agreement’s other aspects.
- The contract should also state when the transaction will be completed and when ownership will be transferred.
- In the case of a property sales agreement, any defect should be informed and written in the sale agreement and the language must be specified in which the inspection is allowed and whether the property is granted the permission to be used professionally.
- In financing sales agreements, basic financial terms, rate of interest, amount financed, sales commission, sales tax, a time limit to return the funds, etc are to be clearly specified in the agreement.
Need of a Land Sale Agreement
Without a land sale agreement, it is possible that one may be unable to secure their venture, or incidentally might bear liability for something out of their control. That is the reason you ought to consider utilizing a sales agreement any time you trade products that are more complex than simply transferring the ownership. If you mean to get it done sometime not too far off or then again to move responsibility to the next party, a sales agreement can assist in securing the parties to the contract or the business if the agreement is done upon delivering the goods on any future date or one of the parties wants to transfer the liability to the other party.
A standard Land Sale Agreement incorporates certain safeguards. Such as:
- The purchaser consents to avail specific labour and products, and the vendor consents to give the mentioned number of merchandise and kinds of service.
- The purchaser consents to make a buy on a particular course of events, and the merchant consents to give the labour and products on or by that date.
- The purchaser consents to address a specific cost for the merchandise, and the seller consents to accept that cost.
- Neither party has an exclusive right if the other disregards the sales agreement.
Terms to be included in a sales agreement
A sales agreement can include such terms that can be customized according to the need of the parties but normally it should include the following terms:
- Buyer: The agreement shall include the name and basic information of the party who intends to buy the product and services.
- Seller: The agreement should include the name and basic information of the party who intends to sell the product and services.
- Goods and services: The agreement shall clearly state the goods or services or both for which the agreement is being signed.
- Details regarding delivery: This clause contains details describing the address, dates, and other details regarding the product or service to get delivered.
- Amendment or alteration: If the parties in the future would want to change, alter or amend the contract or any terms of the contract then they would have to follow the procedures prescribed under this clause that specifies how to alter or amend the contract.
- Contingency clause: Every sales agreement should include a contingency clause which may specify the procedure of any mishappening or any contingencies. This is a very important clause as there is a possibility that if anything agreed that does not happen or anything outside the contract happens then what measures could be taken by either party. Some of the examples that a contingent clause must consist of are:
- If the goods are not delivered on the agreed date or in the agreed condition or on the agreed place, then what is the solution to that situation.
- If the payment on the decided date is not done by the buyer, then what possible solution does the seller has.
- If the parties have agreed to have an inspection of the goods or services delivered on a particular date and that day inspection is not done, then what is the additional time that would be given to make the inspection.
- Defaulting provision: If either of the parties makes default in their contract then the remedy that the other party has is to be specified in this clause or provision.
- Assignment: This clause specifies the procedure if a transfer of rights is available to either party to the contract and what formalities they need to complete before transferring such rights.
- Deposit details: This clause specifies the amount that needs to be deposited before the delivery of the product or service and regarding the repayment of the amount deposited if there is any breach in the contract.
- Method of communication: This term speaks of the method that would be used by the parties to communicate for their contract business.
- Payment amount and method: This clause deals with the amount that the buyer has to pay to the seller and the method through which the payment is to be done to the seller.
- Payment date: This clause specifies the date on which the payment is to be done or if the payment is to be done in instalments, then this clause contains a particular table that specifies the dates and the amount that would be paid.
- Severability: This clause states that if any part of this agreement becomes unenforceable then the agreement will prevail.
- Ownership: This agreement contains the clause of ownership where it states when and how the ownership will get transferred to the buyer of that product or service.
- Non-disclosure agreement (NDA): This clause protects the intellectual property of the seller by specifying that the buyer cannot use the intellectual property or data to produce the same or similar products.
- Warranty: This clause in the agreement clarifies that the conditions of the goods that need to be delivered to the buyer shall be of good quality and as per the condition that is agreed between the parties. The seller can give a warranty regarding the goods or services that are to be delivered to the buyer or even the seller can make no warranty regarding the goods or services to be delivered.
- Examination: This clause clarifies whether the buyer can inspect the goods or services before finishing the transaction.