Reassignment of Rights Under Term Assignment

When a Seller assigns a property, they aren't actually selling the property (because they don't own it yet) they are selling their promise to purchase it, along with the rights and obligations of their Agreement of Purchase and Sale contract.

Primary tabs. Assignment is a legal term whereby an individual, the assignor, transfers rights, property, or other benefits to another known as the assignee. This concept is used in both contract and property law. The term can refer to either the act of transfer or the rights/property/benefits being transferred.

The right or benefit being assigned may be a gift (such as a waiver) or it may be paid for with a contractual consideration such as money. The rights may be vested or contingent, and may include an equitable interest. Mortgages and loans are relatively straightforward and amenable to assignment.

An assignment of rights agreement refers to a situation in which one party, known as the assignor, shifts contract rights to another party. The party taking on the rights is known as the assignee.

An assignment of contract occurs when one party to an existing contract (the "assignor") hands off the contract's obligations and benefits to another party (the "assignee"). Ideally, the assignor wants the assignee to step into his shoes and assume all of his contractual obligations and rights.

1) What does the term contract reassignment actually mean? The term reassignment means that you are effectively buying a new build property from a vendor rather than the developer directly, the vendor is simply re-assigning the benefit only (not the burden) of the exchanged contract to you as the end purchaser.