If the home is sold during the lease, the lease stays valid — you do not have to move
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If the home is sold during the lease term, your lease remains valid. The new landlord must let you stay under the original contract through expiry. You do not move out and do not renegotiate the rent. The premise is that you already live there lawfully, and you keep the contract, transfer records, and evidence of when you moved in.
- Cost
- No monetary cost
- Benefit
- The Civil Code has a rule called “sale does not break lease” (买卖不破租赁). The statute reads: a change of ownership of the leased thing during the lease term does not affect the lease contract’s validity. If the owner changes during the term, the signed lease still holds; the new landlord must honor the original contract through expiry.
- Notes
- This assumes you already occupy the unit lawfully — the statute calls that lawful possession and use. Keep the contract, transfer records, and evidence of when you moved in.
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- 全国人大 (2020). 民法典（第七百二十五条）. spp.gov.cn/spp/fl/202006/t20200602_463888.shtml