Title: There has been a criminal case in the house where I have lived for two years, and the seller has not informed him in advance that he can ask him to refund the purchase price?
A post-85 couple in Shanghai spent 1.05 million yuan in early 2019 to buy a second-hand apartment of more than 80 square meters on the outskirts of the city. They hope to have a good living environment when their parents retire. However, two years later, when they communicated with their neighbors, they learned that there had been a criminal case against the house they had purchased. The news was a shock to the couple!Because at the beginning of the purchase, the seller did not mention this matter. The couple began to wonder what kind of story the house was hiding.
This incident has attracted widespread attention and discussion on the Internet. Many netizens expressed their indignation at the seller's concealment of the defects of the house, believing that the seller should fully disclose important information about the house to the buyer. Some people also expressed understanding that the seller may have deliberately concealed the issue at the beginning of the purchase, but there is no clear legal requirement for the seller to disclose such information.
This is not the first time that similar incidents have occurred. Looking back on the past, similar cases of concealing major defects in the house have occurred from time to time. Some sellers deliberately conceal some bad history of the house in order to be able to smoothly ** the house. These hidden messages may include ** cases, suicide cases, suspected hauntings, etc. Many buyers only learn the truth after the fact, express their indignation at the seller, and defend their rights and interests through legal means.
This incident has had a certain impact on the whole society. First, it raises concerns about the protection of home buyers' rights. Many people are beginning to reflect on whether there should be stricter laws requiring sellers to fully disclose information about their homes during the transaction. Second, the incident is a reminder for homebuyers to be vigilant when buying a home, not only to scrutinize the terms of the contract, but also to obtain as much detailed history as possible of the home. In addition, the incident has also triggered thinking about the responsibilities of housing appraisal agencies and intermediary companies, and people have begun to think about how to improve the supervision and management of these agencies to protect the rights and interests of home buyers.
After several mediations, both the plaintiff and the defendant made some compromises. The seller insisted that the buyer had been verbally informed of the condition of the property, but neither party had evidence to prove their claim. Eventually, with the mediation of the judge, the parties reached a settlement. The Real Estate Sale and Purchase Contract will not be terminated, but the defendant will pay another 230,000 yuan to the plaintiff on top of the original house price as compensation. In addition, the third-party intermediary company also refunded the original brokerage fee.
This incident had a certain impact on society as a whole. On the one hand, it has sparked discussions about the protection of home buyers' rights, and people have begun to focus on whether there should be stricter laws requiring sellers to fully disclose information about their homes during the transaction. On the other hand, this incident also reminds home buyers to be vigilant in their home transactions, choose their homes carefully, and try to obtain detailed historical records. In addition, the responsibilities of housing appraisal agencies and intermediary companies have also become the focus of people's thinking, and supervision and management should be strengthened to protect the rights and interests of home buyers.
3.Do you think there is a need for stricter laws for home buyers that require sellers to fully disclose information about their homes?