Home seller demanded property back, but court punished him
The Haifa District Court rejected a lawsuit by a seller of a house in Pardes-Hanna who sought to cancel a deal worth 2.35 million shekels. The court found that the seller breached the contract by failing to register the property rights on time and ordered him to pay the buyers 40,000 shekels in legal costs.
The Haifa District Court dismissed a lawsuit filed by the seller of a private home in Pardes-Hanna, who sought to annul a sale agreement worth 2.35 million shekels. The seller claimed that the buyers had not paid the final 100,000 shekels and had fraudulently registered the property rights. The court determined that the breach of contract was on the seller's side: he failed to register the property rights within six months of signing the agreement and did not rectify construction defects. The judge rejected the seller's version that the parties had agreed not to deposit a check for safekeeping, concluding that the seller had not told the truth on a key issue. The argument about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the delay in tax assessment was not supported by evidence. The court recognized that the buyers lawfully offset the remaining amount as compensation for the seller's violations. The lawsuit was fully dismissed, and the seller was ordered to pay the buyers 40,000 shekels in legal costs.