Can I break a lease if the owner never disclosed that the house would be on the market in less than a month?
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Can I break a lease if the owner never disclosed that the house would be on the market in less than a month?
Asked on March 26, 2012 under Real Estate Law, New Jersey
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
No, you cannot. The landlord is not required to disclose this, and it does not change your rights as tenant or interfere with your tenancy--that is, the buyer purchases the home subject to the lease and becomes your landlord under the same terms as the old landlord. Therefore, if you have a written lease for a definite term (e.g. one year), it is still in force; if you have an oral lease, you are a month-to-month tenant and either you or the new landlord can terminate the tenancy on one month's notice, the same as either you or the old landlord could.
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