A real estate agent engaged to introduce a purchaser does not have usual authority to make representations to the purchaser about how the vendor will respond to requests for extensions of time or modified compliance with contractual conditions. Pre-contractual offers of general assistance by vendors do not override specific contractual terms subsequently agreed. Where a vendor's solicitor communicates formal contract terms, a purchaser is on notice that the agent is no longer the conduit for the vendor's requirements.
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