Suing Your Home Seller: Legal Rights in Selected States

Are you a home buyer who's discovering some unpleasant, and possibly expensive, problems cropping up on your property? If they aren't just a natural outcome of, say, a house aging, but may have existed before the house was sold to you, then you're probably wondering: Do I have any recourse against a seller who may have lied to me or concealed the true condition of my property? The answer depends in part on the law in your state. Find out more here.

What to do if your New Jersey home came with some unexpected issues, of which the seller hadn't warned you.

Legal remedies you might have against a New Mexico seller who failed to disclose a known, material home defect.

You might be able to claim damages from a New York seller who failed to disclose, or concealed, a home defect.

Discovered a home defect that the Ohio seller failed to warn you about? Here are your legal rights.

What Pennsylvania home owners should do upon discovering defects that they suspect arose before the sale.

You might be able to claim damages from a Texas seller who failed to disclose a home defect, or even rescind the sale.

If you weren't told of an existing defect in the house you bought, the burden should not fall on your shoulders alone.

What Washington home buyers can do after discovering undisclosed home defects.

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