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Summary of January 2008 Changes
for version 4.46
- FAR/BAR "AS-IS"
Contract revised and renumbered to ASIS-2x.
- Section VII "RESTRICTIONS; EASEMENTS; LIMITATIONS" was revised.
- Before revision, the text included: "... provided, that there exists
at closing no violation of the foregoing and none prevent use of the
property for _______________ ..."
- The underlined words were eliminated.
Summary of January 2008 Changes
for version 4.46
- FAR Forms Added:
- CCCL-1 Coastal Construction Control Line Affidavit.
Summary of November 2007 Changes
for version 4.42
- FAR Forms Added:
- Short Sale Addendum to Purchase and Sale Contract, SSA-1.
- Short Sale Addendum to Exclusive Right of Sale Listing Agreement,
ERSA-1.
- Vacant Land Disclosure Statement, VLDS-1.
- Sexual Offender Disclosure, SOD-1.
- FAR Forms Revised:
- In the Residential Leases(RLHD-2, RLAU-1, RLCC-1), the
Instructions/Translation/Assistance Page was modified.
Summary of September 2007
Changes for version 4.40
- Various FAR/BAR
forms were revised (no changes made to FAR forms).
- The FAR/BAR Contract was revised and renumbered to FAR/BAR-8.
- The FAR/BAR "AS IS" Contract was revised and renumbered to ASIS-2.
- Various changes were made to the FAR/BAR Riders, renumbered to FBCR-9.
Summary of April 2007
Changes for version 4.36
- Various FAR forms
were revised (no changes made to FAR/BAR forms).
- The FAR Residential Contract was revised and renumbered to FAR-9. For
details, see FAR Summary of
FAR-9 Changes.
- Various changes were made to the FAR addenda, renumbered to FARA-9. For
details, see FAR Summary of
FARA-9 Changes.
- The FAR ASIS-8 Contract was eliminated. Customers can use the FAR-9
Contract plus the FAR As-Is Addendum.
- The FAR Vacant Land Contract was revised and renumbered to VAC-9.
- FAR released form CD-1, Condominium Disclosure Statement, which is
similar to Seller's Real Property Disclosure Statement, but the new forms is
specifically for use with sales of condominiums.
- The FAR Coastal Construction Control Line Disclosure (CCCL-1), and the
FAR Insurance Coverage Rider (ICR-2) were eliminated. Appropriate language
from these forms has been incorporated into the FAR-9 and the FARA-9
addenda.
- The FAR Unimproved and/or Agricultural Addendum was eliminated.
- FAR added a Lease/Purchase Lease/Option Addendum.
- Various FAR Residential Addenda were modified:
- A. Condominium Association Addendum
- B. Homeowners' Association Addendum
- E. FHA Financing Addendum
- F. VA Financing Addendum
- H. As Is With Right to Inspect Addendum
- L. Insurance Addendum
- P. Back-up Contract/Kick-out Clause
- Alta Star added two of its own forms for use with the FAR Complete Forms
package:
- Unincorporated Miami-Dade County Flood Zone Disclosure
- Seller's Estimated Net Sheet
- A Clause Library was added to the FAR Complete package, which allows
customers to store paragraphs of text that can be inserted into multi-line
fields in various forms (usually customers can use this function to insert
text into fields that are available for additional terms.) You can access the
Clause Library via the program's Tools menu.
Summary of October 2006
Changes for version 4.30
Various FAR forms had
minor revisions. The October 2006 revisions were released by FAR on November
30, 2006.
The changes were minor, mainly the addition of line numbers on some forms,
spaces for initials, and just a very few text changes.
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Text Changes:
- ERS-4cp Exclusive Right of Sale Listing Agreement For Commercial Property
deleted sentence in paragraph D regarding Bulk Transfer Act.
- RA-2 Referral Agreement deleted sentence regarding deadline for referral
fee payment.
- Space for parties' initials added to bottom of each page and/or line
numbering added to the following forms:
- BDS-1x Buyer's Disclosure Statement
- BRD-7tnx Brokerage Relationship Disclosure
- CL-2x Contract to Lease
- EBBA-4x Exclusive Buyer Brokerage Agreement
- EBLA-4x Exclusive Brokerage Listing Agreement
- EPM-5x Exclusive Property Management Agreement
- ERL-5x Exclusive Right to Lease Agreement
- ERS-11sax Exclusive Right of Sale Listing Agreement
- ERS-11tbx Exclusive Right of Sale Listing Agreement
- ERS-12tnx Exclusive Right of Sale Listing Agreement
- ERS-4cp Exclusive Right of Sale Listing Agreement For Commercial Property
- ERS-9nrx Exclusive Right of Sale Listing Agreement
- ICA-5x Independent Contractor Agreement Between Broker and Associate
- LBPL-1x Complying With the Lead-based Paint Law: Licensee Notice to
Seller/Landlord
- LBPR-1x Lead-based Paint Warning Statement for Rental Housing
- LBPS-2x Lead -based Paint Warning Statement
- LSLA-1x Limited Service Listing Agreement
- SA-3x Showing Agreement
- SRPD-3x Seller's Real Property Disclosure Statement
Summary of July 31, 2006
Changes from version 4.24 to 4.25
- Florida Association of
REALTORS (FAR) Form DS-5 (Designated Sales Associate) was
revised to eliminate the "Important Notice" introductory paragraph.
- FAR Form OC4-F (Coastal
Construction Control Line Rider to FAR Commercial Contract) was revised.
Summary of July 1, 2006
Changes from version 4.22 to 4.24
- Florida Association of
REALTORS (FAR) Listing Agreements and Brokerage Relationship Disclosures were
revised to eliminate the "Important Notice" introductory paragraph.
- Coastal Construction
Control Line Rider: This is a new FAR Form (listed under FAR Miscellaneous Forms); the FAR/BAR CCCL rider was revised.
Summary of Changes from
version 4.21 to 4.22
- Florida Association of
REALTORS reinstated form MLA-2, Modification to Listing Agreement, revised
9/97. No further revisions have been made to that form to date.
Summary of Changes from
version 4.18 to 4.21
- Activation Code can now
be retrieved online. After receiving a License Access Code, you can activate
within the program by clicking Help|Enter Activation Code.
- Miscellaneous maintenance
release fixes and formatting changes.
Summary of Changes from
version 4.15 to 4.17
- FAR Forms - October 2005
Additions/Revisions:
- NEW: Sinkhole
Disclosure;
- NEW: Seller's Mold
Addendum to Disclosure (replaces Mold Inspection Addendum to Seller's
Real Property Disclosure Statement);
- NEW: FREC Audit
Checklist;
- NEW: Receipt of
Condominium Documents (new version of older form);
- REVISED: Sellers' Real
Property Disclosure Statement (added sinkhole info to paragraph 5);
- REVISED: Exclusive
Right of Sale Listing Agreement for Commercial Property: Added Commercial
Lien Info (Paragraph 11);
- Independent Contractor
Agreement: Revised Insurance paragraph 2F.
Summary of Changes from
version 4.10 to 4.15
- Complete revision to new
Help Menu.
- PDF creation was
simplified by adding a button, to the print preview screen, that creates a PDF
file.
- Making an entry into any
form automatically adds the form to the transaction history for the file.
Summary of Changes from
version 4.09 to 4.10
- The update to version
4.10 had no changes to the text of any forms.
- All older-style forms
were converted to our new Version 4 format.
Summary of changes from
version 4.08 to 4.09
- FAR reinstated two
mold-related forms that FAR had temporarily discontinued: A) Mold Inspection
Addendum to Contract (MIAC-1 Rev. 10/02) and B) Mold Inspection Addendum to
Seller's Real Property Disclosure Statement (MASRPD-1, Rev. 10/02).
Summary of changes from
version 4.07 to 4.08
- Added "Check for Update"
function to check our web site for available updates. Access this function via
the program's Tools menu.
- Converted FAR Listing
Agreements to our newer format.
- Older Forms, and
old-style versions of current forms have been removed from standard package.
The removed forms are available, if needed, via special link on our updates
page.
Summary of changes from
version 4.06 to 4.07
- Added FAR ASIS-8, Rev.
Oct. 2004, FAR AS IS Sale and Purchase Contract.
- Added FAR VAC-8, Rev.
Oct. 2004, FAR Vacant Land Contract.
Summary of changes from
version 4.05 to 4.06
- Added: FAR-8, Rev.
October 2004, FAR Residential Sale and Purchase Contract.
- Miscellaneous maintenance
release fixes, formatting changes and typographical error in FAR/BAR-8
Contract, paragraph O.
Summary of changes from
version 4.04 to 4.05
- Condominium Association
Addendum Revised (FARA-8-A)
- Homeowners Association
Addendum Revised (FARA-8-B)
- FHA Financing Addendum
Revised (FARA-8-E)
- VA Financing Addendum
Revised (FARA-8-F)
- AS-IS With Right To
Inspect Addendum Revised (FARA-8-H)
- Inspections (formerly
Self-Inspection) Addendum Revised (FARA-8-I)
- Insurance (formerly Flood
Insurance) Addendum Revised (FARA-8-L)
- Rentals Addendum Revised
(FARA-8-R)
- Sale/Lease of Buyer's
Property Addendum Revised (FARA-8-S)
- FIRPTA Addendum -New-
(FARA-8-W)
- 1031 Exchange Addendum
-New- (FARA-8-X)
Summary of changes from
version 4.00 to 4.04
- Condominium Association
Disclosures
- BRD-2nbr No Brokerage
Relationship Disclosure
- BRD-5sa Brokerage
Relationship Disclosure - single agent
- BRD-5tb Brokerage
Relationship Discl. - transaction broker
- BRD-6tn Brokerage
Relationship Disclosure - transition from single agent to transaction broker
- DS-4 Designated
Salesperson
- ERL-5 Exclusive Right
to Lease Contract
- ERS-11tn Exclusive
Right of Sale Listing Agreement - transition from single agent to
transaction broker
- ICA-4 Independent
Contractor Agreement between Broker and Associate
- SA-3 Showing Agreement
- CA-4 Commission
Agreement
- EBLA-3 Exclusive
Brokerage Listing Agreement
- ERS-2cp Exclusive Right
of Sale Listing Agreement for Commercial Property
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Summary of FAR Form Changes