加拿大一家法院裁定,在卖方在没有签字的情况下更改合同后,买方没有义务购买房屋,即使只是稍作改动。 A Canadian court ruled buyers weren’t obligated to buy a home after sellers changed the contract without their signature, even for a minor change.

A 2024 安大略法院裁定,购房者Aashish和Arpita Patel在卖方修改合同后没有义务购买厨房住宅,因为卖方增加了买方从未签署的标准表B。 A 2024 Ontario court ruled that homebuyers Aashish and Arpita Patel were not bound to purchase a Kitchener home after the sellers modified the contract by adding a standard Schedule B, which the buyers never signed. 这一改变尽管是轻微的,但构成了从未被接受的对价,因此不存在具有约束力的合同。 The change, even though minor, constituted a counter-offer that was never accepted, so no binding contract existed. 买方退款,拒绝支付5万美元的押金。 The buyers withdrew and refused to pay a $50,000 deposit. 卖方后来以少25 000美元的价格售出房屋,并被命令支付自己的法律费用和买方的法院费用。 The sellers later sold the home for $25,000 less and were ordered to pay their own legal fees and the buyers’ court costs. 该决定强调,对不动产报价的任何更改——无论例行做法如何——均违反协议,除非双方签署相同的条件。 The decision reinforces that any alteration to a real estate offer—no matter how routine—breaks the agreement unless both parties sign identical terms.