In the case of DROA disputes, more matters are being settled through mediation, and fewer cases require the need for arbitration. A Proven Track Record Real estate disputes often include cases in which buyers are disappointed with a certain condition of their home, which they feel should have been disclosed to them by the sellers. As a result, the buyers often seek monetary relief from the sellers. High levels of emotion are attached to these cases.
Mediation allows buyers an opportunity to be heard and to express their feelings of disappointment.
Sellers, on the other hand, have an opportunity to explain why a certain condition of the home may not have been disclosed. Consider a situation in which a buyer is upset after noticing that a bathroom toilet backs up and floods. The buyer hires a plumber to look into the situation and, it is determined, that there is a tight curve in the plumbing s junction line which restricts the water flow resulting in the flooding problem. The plumbing junction lines were used in the early 1920 s and are no longer considered industry standard. The seller indicates that the plumbing was never fixed in this area because it never gave them problems.