Sign a Purchase Agreement Online

Purchase agreements often run to dozens of pages with initials required at the foot of each. Preparing one by hand is tedious the first time and trivial every time after, provided you save it as a template — most of the layout is identical between transactions.

Purchase agreements rarely survive to closing unchanged. Inspection findings, financing conditions, and negotiated repairs all generate amendments, and each one should be signed by the same parties with the same care as the original.

Sending each addendum as its own request keeps the chain clear: every amendment has its own signatures, its own timestamps, and its own completion certificate, which is far easier to reconstruct later than a folder of similarly named PDFs.

Purchase agreements themselves are generally signable electronically, and electronic signing is now routine in residential real estate. Closing is a different matter: deeds, mortgages, and other recorded instruments frequently require notarization, and while remote online notarization is available in many states, its rules and availability vary.

Some jurisdictions and some lenders still require wet signatures on particular closing documents. Confirm with the closing agent, title company, or counsel which documents in your specific transaction can be signed electronically before assuming the whole file can.