Upon the confirmation of the sale, the personal representative shall execute to the purchaser an assignment of the contract, which vests in the purchaser, and the heirs and assigns of the purchaser, all the right, title and interest of the estate, or of the persons entitled to the interest of the decedent, in the property sold at the time of the sale, and the purchaser has the same rights and remedies against the seller of the property as the decedent would have had if living.