In most situations, before real estate is transferred from the seller to the purchaser, the parties to the real estate transaction enter into a written agreement of sale. Under the most ideal circumstances, the seller and purchaser are competently represented either by a real estate agent or legal counsel so that all of the material terms and conditions of the agreement reached by the parties are neatly and methodically contained within such a written agreement of sale.
Most, if not all, written agreements of sale include an integration clause that declares it to be the complete and final agreement between the parties. The existence of such a clause is conclusive proof that no varied or additional conditions exist with respect to the performance of the contract beyond those that are in the writing. An agreement that has such a clause is deemed an integrated contract, and any previous negotiations between or representations made by the parties are of no legal consequence.
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