Can I get out of my rental lease with a verbal agreement from the landlord?

I did not want to sign the year long lease, but my landlord said in a verbal agreement that he would allow me to vacate with 60 days notice...but this is not in the written lease. This convinced me to go for it. I subsequently have taken him up on this, fullfilled my 60 days notice but he has not rented the unit and is holding me to the lease. I have our verbal 60 agreement very clearly established in a series of emails between the landlord and myself. What are my options?Can I get out of my rental lease with a verbal agreement from the landlord?
Unless he included a signature file with those emails they are not legally a written agreement. With RE law only what you have in writing, and SIGNED is admissible. He can hold you to the lease. You can't even show emails to a judge, they are so easily forged that they are not considered legal notice of any kind.Can I get out of my rental lease with a verbal agreement from the landlord?
What's signed in writing always trumps anything said on the side. He'll eventually seek a judgment against you in court. When he does take the emails you have to validate your claim that this agreement existed between both of you.
the lease may be enforceable but in court the emails may get you out of it.