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Counteroffer

A counteroffer is a response to an offer that changes a term and proposes a new bargain.

Exam area: Contracts

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What does “counteroffer” mean in real estate?

A counteroffer is a response to an offer that changes a term and proposes a new bargain. It generally rejects the original offer, making the counterofferor the new offeror.

How is “counteroffer” different from the closest wrong answer?

An acceptance agrees to the offered terms without change. A counteroffer changes a term. A request for information may ask a question without rejecting the offer.

What is the Georgia-specific rule?

Georgia exam questions apply the national contract rule. Even a small change to price, closing date, included property, or another material term can create a counteroffer.

Worked exam example

Scenario

A seller signs the buyer's offer but changes the closing date from June 1 to June 15. The seller has made a counteroffer.

What is the most common exam trap?

Trap correction

Do not treat a signed response as acceptance when handwriting or an addendum changes a term.

Original exam check

Apply the definition

A buyer offers $300,000 with a June 1 closing. The seller signs the offer but crosses out June 1, writes June 15, and initials the change. The buyer has not responded. What is the status?

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