Can I cancel a signed land sale agreement if the seller refuses to transfer the title?

Hello. Yes. You can cancel or terminate the land sale agreement since failure to issue you with a title amounts to breach of the agreement. Ordinarily, the agreement has remedies but also under the law you can ask for interest, general damages and costs for breach of the agreement. We cam assist you in the next steps not only to get back your money but also get damages and interest to it.

In land law, when a valid agreement to sell is executed and part payment of the purchase price is made, the seller is often viewed in equity not as an absolute owner but as a trustee or custodian holding the legal title for the buyer who has acquired an equitable interest. In other words, the seller holds the legal title only as a form of security for the balance of the payment. Meaning, if the purchaser pays the remaining balance, the law mandates the seller to transfer the title to the purchaser without unnecessary delay.

Since you have the sales the agreement, we can have time and look at its terms and what they say and the remedies you could have incorporated therein so that we help you get the best and appropriate remedies not only limited to cancellation of the sale agreement. Feel free to reach to us for your guidance.