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ALTHOUGH THE MORTGAGE CONTINGENCY PROVISION OF THE PURCHASE CONTRACT WAS NO LONGER OPERABLE BECAUSE THE MORTGAGE COMMITMENT WAS REVOKED AFTER THE CONTINGENCY PERIOD HAD ELAPSED, THE SELLER’S BAD FAITH WARRANTED RETURN OF THE DOWN PAYMENT (SECOND DEPT).

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff purchaser was entitled to return of the down payment after the bank refused to extend the mortgage commitment because the seller had not submitted an environmental report. Although the original mortgage-contingency clause was no longer operable (because the loan commitment had been extended pending receipt of the environmental report), it was the seller’s failure to provide the report, and not the actions or omissions of the purchaser, which resulted in the termination of the loan commitment:

“A mortgage contingency clause is construed to create a condition precedent to the contract of sale” … . “The purchaser is entitled to return of the down payment where the mortgage contingency clause unequivocally provides for its return upon the purchaser’s inability to obtain a mortgage commitment within the contingency period” … . “However, when the lender revokes the mortgage commitment after the contingency period has elapsed, the contractual provision relating to failure to obtain an initial commitment is inoperable, and the question becomes whether the lender’s revocation was attributable to any bad faith on the part of the purchaser” … . Rivkin v 1946 Holding Corp., 2023 NY Slip Op 04427, Second Dept 8-30-23

Practice Point: Here the mortgage commitment was revoked after the contingency period in the purchase contract had elapsed. Therefore the contingency provision was no longer operable. However, the seller was responsible for the revocation of the mortgage commitment for failure to submit an environmental report. Therefore the purchaser was entitled to return of the down payment.

 

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