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Buyer beware: extra clauses found added to home purchase

13 Aug 2025

| Author: TLANZ

Real estate agents have been caught adding additional clauses into standard sale-and-purchase agreements, which lawyers say could have dire consequences for homeowners. TLANZ President Tony Herring talks with RNZ Nine to Noon about the implications of these changes.

Listen to the interview here.

Read the LawNews article here

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