2. Li entrusts an intermediary to sell a house, and Zhang entrusts an intermediary to sell a house.
Zhang wants to buy Li's house on the condition that he sells Li's house, which is a conditional sales contract. In order to sell his house, he bought Li's house with a down payment of 50 thousand yuan for three months. But three months have passed and the conditions have not been met. After that, the buyer and the seller verbally agreed to continue the sale, hoping that the sale would be completed, but there was no agreed time limit, and the attached conditions are still being met. Therefore, it is not against the law that Zhang wants to terminate the sales contract.
4. The Contract Law stipulates that the parties to the cancellation right shall exercise the cancellation right within one year from the date when they know or should know the reasons for cancellation. It can be seen that Zhang's request to terminate the contract and return the deposit has a legal basis.
There is no legal basis for Li not to refund the deposit on the grounds that he is not a local person.
6. If both parties fail to negotiate first, they can bring a lawsuit to the court where the contract comes into effect.