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Real estate · August 4, 2026 · 6 min read

Real estate disputes: boundaries, disclosures and failed closings

Mediating purchase-agreement disputes, undisclosed defects, easements, boundary lines, HOA conflicts and construction defects.

Why property disputes stall

Real estate conflicts usually involve a fixed asset, more than two interested parties and a deadline that keeps moving. A failed closing affects the buyer's financing, the seller's onward purchase, agents, lenders and sometimes a title insurer. Litigation freezes the asset for months while those pressures compound.

Matters commonly mediated

Undisclosed defects and inspection disputes; earnest-money and specific-performance conflicts after a failed closing; boundary, access and easement disagreements between neighbours; construction defect and contractor payment claims; homeowners' association enforcement disputes; and co-owner disagreements over sale or partition.

Remedies that only mediation can reach

Parties can agree to a recorded easement, a repair credit at closing, a staged payment tied to completion, a shared survey, or a sale-and-split arrangement. A court can award damages; it cannot easily design the practical arrangement that lets neighbours or co-owners continue to coexist.

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