Florida Counter Offer – Purchase contract
Florida Counter Offer – Purchase contract
Only the final, accepted terms need to be signed by all parties.
Here’s how it works in Florida:
If a Counter-Offer Is Made
For Acceptance
The other party must then sign/initial
the counter-offer to create a binding contract.
Once the counter-offer is fully
executed (signed by both parties), that becomes the contract.
Does the Original Contract Need
Signatures Too?
No.
Once a counter-offer is made, the original offer is considered rejected.
It does not need to be signed again by both parties unless they
return to those original terms.
Common Practice in Florida
Parties sign:
The counter-offer form
(or the changes page)
The final agreed-to version
of the contract (which incorporates the counter terms)
You do not need signatures
on the original version that was countered.
Exception
If the “counter” is done via initials on changed terms within the
contract itself, then all modified pages must be initialed by both parties
to show agreement.