THE SPECIFICITY OF THE OFF-PLAN SALES CONTRACT
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The off-plan sale contract is a technique which allows individuals to acquire a dwelling through a contract under which the buyer can pay in several instalments the price of the property to be acquired.
What distinguishes this type of sale is that the object of the contract does not exist when the contract is concluded, but it is possible to exist in the future, which gives it a particularity that distinguishes it from the ordinary sales contract.
Through this research work, we would like to clarify to what extent the rules governing off-plan sales contract deviate from the general rules which apply to the traditional contract of sale, by highlight the specificity of this type of sales due to its importance.
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