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A contract must be signed by both parties involved in the purchase and sale of a property to be legally enforceable. All parties signing must be of legal age and must enter into the contract voluntarily, not by force, to be enforceable.

At its most basic, a purchase agreement should include the following: Name and contact information for buyer and seller. The address of the property being sold. The price to be paid for the property. The date of transfer. Disclosures. Contingencies. Signatures.

Selling a house ?as is? in New Jersey means that, as a seller, you are not intending to make any repairs or updates to the property and, to the extent that any defects exist in the property, you will not fix those defects prior to closing on the property and the buyer will purchase the property with those defects.

Unlike in some states, the New Jersey legislature has not passed laws mandating disclosures a real estate seller must make. The state's courts have, however, created what's called "common law," to protect buyers against sellers who fail to disclose material facts or who hide information about their property.

In New Jersey, the elements of a valid contract are: ? An offer (see Offer). An acceptance (see Acceptance). Consideration (see Consideration). Mutual assent and intent to be bound (see Mutual Assent and Intent to be Bound).

To be a binding contract, an agreement must have the following: (1) offer and acceptance, (2) the parties must have a "meeting of the minds" about the agreement's essential terms, (3) there must be valid consideration - in other words, there must be mutual obligations from each party to the other, (4) finally, there ...