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  "id": 912288,
  "title": "Home purchases can stall if buyers get dragged into legal minefields",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/home-purchases-can-stall-if-buyers-get-dragged-into-legal-minefields",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-14T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times Business",
    "slug": "straits-times-business",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/business/invest/home-purchases-can-stall-if-buyers-get-dragged-into-legal-minefields"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "It is hard to forsee such problems as very few people will check the property titles before buying",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}