Which statement is NOT a remedy for breach of a real estate contract?

• A. Rescission
• B. Damages
• C. Specific performance
• D. Registration of the deed

Answer: (D)

The main idea here is how breaches of a real estate contract are addressed. When a contract for real estate is breached, remedies are designed to either compensate the injured party or force performance. The typical remedies are rescission (undoing the contract and restoring each party to their pre-contract position), damages (monetary compensation for losses caused by the breach), and specific performance (a court order requiring the party to go through with the sale, which is common because real estate is considered unique).

Registration of the deed, however, isn’t a remedy. It’s a step in the transfer process that records title and provides notice to the world. It helps convey ownership, but by itself it doesn’t compensate for a breach or compel someone to perform. It may occur as part of completing a remedy (for example, upon a court-ordered specific performance the deed would be registered to perfect title), but the act of registering the deed alone does not remedy a breach.