Joint Development Agreements and What They Establish

Many projects are constructed under a joint development agreement, with the landowner contributing land, the developer building, and completed units divided in an agreed ratio.

Its relevance to purchasers is that the agreement determines who was entitled to sell a given unit. Where a landowner-share unit is being purchased, the developer is not the seller; where a developer-share unit is, the landowner's consent chain remains material.

What is examined: the sharing ratio and, particularly, the supplementary agreement or allocation schedule identifying which specific units fall within each allocation, with confirmation that the unit appears in the seller's allocation and nowhere else; the developer's authority to sell, including any power of attorney from the landowner and its scope; whether the landowner's title is clean, the project standing on it; and whether the land or unsold inventory is mortgaged and whether the unit is covered by a lender's release.

The practice described is reading the agreement itself with an advocate rather than relying on the sale deed alone, and ensuring that the other party joins the deed as a confirming party where required.

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Reviewed: September 2026