From: dim@soda.csua.berkeley.edu (D. Gerasimatos)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: If I cancel between contract and closing do I lose deposit?
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:49:30 -0700 (PDT)

In article <84zmeca6ea.fsf@ripco.com>, Todd H.  wrote:
>
>However, that said, the real estate professionals I talked to when I
>was selling my house and worried about a seller potentially being an
>ahole and backing out on the contract said that "though you think the
>contract says it pretty clearly, practically, I've only seen escrow
>money awarded to a seller maybe twice in my last 10 years."


I agree. My real estate attorney said the same thing. Much more common
is for the buyer to receive damages when the seller backs out. However,
if the seller sold the house for a lot less than what you offered you
might have a problem.


Dimitri