My question involves landlord-tenant law in the State of: CA
I've been renting a townhome for 4 years on a year-to-year lease. Lease was up this month. Landlord and I negotiated a new lease (12 months at $1900 a month) via email last month and he said he'd be by with the new lease to sign.
Two weeks later he calls and says he's selling. Sold it to another real-estate investor who now wants $2100 a month. The place is in escrow now.
So: does the agreement we reached via email constitute a legally binding, written lease agreement? If so, would the new owner be expected to honor it the same way they'd have to honor a signed lease agreement? Neither my landlord nor the new owner seem to think so.

