What is an Adhesion Contract?

A adhesion contract is an agreement or contract that heavily favors the party that created it.

For example, most consumers and consumer advocates consider mortgage deeds to be adhesion contracts that heavily favor the lender; and they’re correct. More than 99% of the terms and conditions in standard mortgage loans describe mortgagor (borrower) responsibilities.

Similarly, many standardized listing agreements published by the Board of Realtors tend to include language that favor the real estate agent or broker.

For more information, see also the following entries:

• :Agent:
• :Board of Realtors:
• :Broker:
• :Contract:
• eed:
• :Listing Agreement:
• :Mortgage:
• :Mortgage Deed:
• :Mortgage Loan:
• :Mortgagee:
• :Mortgagor:
• :Real Estate:
• :Real Estate Agent:
• :Real Estate Broker: