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By:  Kevin Parker

In a rising real estate market, we tend to see more disputes relating to purchase options.  Given the increase in value, the property owner would rather avoid the option and sell at a higher price.  The option holder can make a large profit by simply exercising the option.  In 2003, the Arizona Supreme Court set forth many important legal principles relating to option contracts in real estate transactions.  In Andrews v. Blake, 205 Ariz. 236, 69 P.3d 7 (2003), the lessee of a plant and tree nursery had an option to purchase the property for $300,000.  The owner/landlord claimed that the lessee failed to timely exercise the purchase option. … Read More »