
Example of the Specific paragraph
pertaining to the Buyer of a Home in default thereby losing their earnest
money. This web site is not a replacement for proper legal counsel or the
complete contract.
Document No. CBS1-9-99, Page 5 of 6 Line
369-a., If Buyer is in Default:
(1) Specific Performance. Seller
may elect to treat this contract as cancelled, in which case all payments and
things of value received hereunder shall be forfeited and retained on behalf of
Seller, and Seller may recover such damages as may be proper, or Seller may
elect to treat this contract as being in full force and effect and Seller shall
have the right to specific performance or damages, or both.
(2) Liquidated Damages. All
payments and things of value received hereunder shall be forfeited by Buyer and
retained on behalf of Seller and both parties shall thereafter be released from
all obligations hereunder. It is agreed that such payments and things of
value are LIQUIDATED DAMAGES and (except as provided in subsection c) are
SELLER'S SOLE AND ONLY REMEDY for Buyer's failure to perform the obligations of
this contract. Seller expressly waives the remedies of specific
performance and additional damages.
An example of a non-performance of
this type of contract;
A buyer of a home, after signing a contract
to purchase the home from the seller, places a check for a certain amount
(earnest money), to take the house off the market, while the buyer has the
Mortgage Loan Application processed and approved. After a certain period
of time, before the "closing" of the home in question, the buyer
cannot receive the approval of the Mortgage Loan before the closing date, or
simply cannot receive an approval for a Mortgage Loan.
Thereby, the Seller of the home has the
option to keep the earnest money check and cancel the contract or fully enforce
the contract, or amend the contract.
What a Buyer of a Home must do!
The Buyer of a Home must be fully
approved for a loan in the amount required to purchase the home in question,
thereby being fully able to comply with the terms of the purchase
agreement.