Silence may be golden, but keeping mum can sometimes land you in hot water if you deceive others by deliberately holding back important information.
This is especially so if you are involved in a high-value transaction such as selling your property: Your buyer can back out of the deal if you are found to have deliberately withheld vital details that would have caused him to think twice about completing the sale.
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