Why do you (as the seller) care if the contract is assigned? You agreed to sell the house for X dollars on Y date. You get X (minus commissions) on or before Y date and you&#x27;re good. Whether the house is resold (or the contract assigned) 0 or N times isn&#x27;t your concern. You took a price that you&#x27;re happy with and got it. Whether another buyer was willing to pay a higher price 5 minutes, 5 days, 5 months, or 5 years later is not your concern, IMO.<p>I bought both of my houses with an &quot;or assigns&quot; clause in the offer. In both cases, I expected to (and did) move into the house as my personal residence, but if a seller balked at the &quot;or assigns&quot; bit, I would have walked on the first house and not sure on the second house. Why? Because I may want to assign the contract to a trust, partnership or LLC, in addition to the freedom it gives me to assign to another buyer.<p>The couple in the article were OK with selling their house for it to razed and a new structure built, but weren&#x27;t OK with the new buyer selling the house to someone else?! That makes no sense to me...