Legal Question in Real Estate Law in North Carolina
If we told some one we would buy there house . but there was no contract and nothing was in writing. There are text message . They put there house on the market back and augs with a realtor . and said they have turned down all offers because of us. They wanted to wait untill there contract was up with there realtor before they sold to us. They been turning down offers so they dont have to pay there realtor. Do you see any thing legally binding .
1 Answer from Attorneys
North Carolina has adopted the Statute of Frauds. This requires certain contracts including the sale of land to be in writting. Now, I have to change that a little, it doesn't require the contract itself to be written, it requires that the parties enter into an agreement and then some writting be created that supports the oral agreement.
I have never seen a text message used as that writting, but the law is catching up to technology. It would depend on what you said in the text message...it has to be from you to them, not in reverse to bind you, and they have to prove that you sent the text.
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