Forms Update Resources
2023 Updates
Wire fraud warning added to offers: October 2023
Wire Fraud Warning Added to Offers
The Real Estate Examining Board recently approved revisions to the offers to purchase, adding the Wire Fraud Warning to the following forms:
WB-11 — Residential Offer to Purchase
WB-12 — Farm Offer to Purchase
WB-13 — Vacant Land Offer to Purchase
WB-14 — Residential Condominium Offer to Purchase
WB-15 — Commercial Offer to Purchase
WB-16 — Offer to Purchase - Business With Real Estate
WB-17 — Offer to Purchase - Business Without Real Estate
WB-24 — Option to Purchase
The Wire Fraud Warning is discussed on pages 5-7 of the July 2023 Legal Update, “Separation of Buyer Agency and Tenant Representation,” at www.wra.org/LU2307 and in “The Buyer Agency Agreement Is Shrinking! Tenant representation provisions moved to a new form,” in the June 2023 Wisconsin Real Estate Magazine at www.wra.org/WREM/Jun23/Forms.
WB-47 — Amendment to Buyer Agency or Tenant Representation Agreement was also revised to correct the names the of documents referenced.
The optional use date for all of these revised forms is October 1, 2023, and the mandatory use date is January 1, 2024.
New WRA Addendum C
Addendum C is a new WRA form to be used with listings and buyer agency to enhance commission transparency and assist licensees in explaining to consumers how commissions are determined and paid.
WB-36, WB-39
The Real Estate Examining Board approved revisions to the WB-36 Buyer Agency Agreement and the creation of a new form, the WB-39 Tenant Representation Agreement. The optional use date for each form is July 1, 2023, and the mandatory use date is September 1, 2023. A version of the forms, approved for educational use only, can be found in the Real Estate Contractual Forms Library. The final forms will be available July 1, 2023.
WB-36 and WB-39 resources
Watch for more resources coming soon.
Educational use forms for download
2021 Updates
WB-16, WB-17, WB-25, WB-46
In September 2021, the Real Estate Examining Board approved updated versions of the WB-16 Offer to Purchase — Business With Real Estate and the WB-17 Offer to Purchase — Business Without Real Estate along with revised versions of the WB-25 Bill of Sale
and the WB-46 Multiple Counter-Proposal. All of these forms have optional use and mandatory use dates of September 1, 2021, and October 1, 2021, respectively. These forms, watermarked for educational use, are available below and on the DSPS website.
WB-16, WB-17, WB-25 and WB-46 resources:
WB-13, WB-15
In October 2020, the Real Estate Examining Board approved a new version of the WB-13 Vacant Land Offer to Purchase form and the WB-15 Commercial Offer to Purchase. Both forms have the same optional use and mandatory use dates of January 1, 2021, and February
1, 2021, respectively. Both forms, watermarked for educational use, are available below and on the DSPS website here.
2021 WB-13 and WB-15 resources:
WB-12
The Real Estate Examining Board approved a new version of the WB-12 Farm Offer to Purchase with an optional use date of April 1, 2021, and a mandatory use date of May 1, 2021. A watermarked version for educational use is available below (with yellow-highlighted
changes) and on the DSPS website.
2021 WB-12 resources:
2020 Updates
WB-11 "Take 2" and WB-14 Changes
In June 2020, the Real Estate Examining Board approved a new version of the WB-11 Residential Offer to Purchase form and the WB-14 Residential Condominium Offer to Purchase. Given this is the second WB-11 Residential Offer to Purchase released in 2020,
the form will be referred to as WB-11 "Take 2." Both forms have the same optional use and mandatory use dates of August 1, 2020, and September 1, 2020, respectively. Both forms, watermarked for educational use, are available above.
WB-11 "Take 2" resources:
WB-14 resources:
WB-11 "Take 1" resources:
- "WB-11 Revisions: A Three-part Discussion," three-part article in the October 2019 Wisconsin Real Estate Magazine: www.wra.org/WREM/October2019
- "Surprise on the Horizon" in the September 2019 Wisconsin Real Estate Magazine: www.wra.org/WREM/Sep19/Surprise
- November 2019 Legal Update, "WB-11 Residential Offer to Purchase — 2020 Edition — Part 3," at www.wra.org/LU1911
- October 2019 Legal Update, "WB-11 Residential Offer to Purchase — 2020 Edition — Part 2," at www.wra.org/LU1910
- September 2019 Legal Update, "WB-11 Residential Offer to Purchase — 2020 Edition — Part 1," at www.wra.org/LU1909
- 25-part video series covering the changes to the WB-11 "Take 1" plus three videos detailing FIRPTA requirements at www.wra.org/WB11changes (WRA login required)
September 2020 Update to Disclosure Reports
The WRA made modifications to the Real Estate Condition Report and the Vacant Land Disclosure Report. These changes are to reflect the anticipated statutory updates and changes to the newly released WB-11 "Take 2" and the WB-14. To learn more, see the
following resources:
More Forms Details
How are the new forms developed?
The WB forms are prepared and approved for use by the REEB. Prior to approval, drafts are reviewed by the Wisconsin REALTORS® Association forms committee, chaired by REALTOR® Tom Sykora, and comments are forwarded on to the DSPS
real estate contractual forms advisory committee. Once the DSPS state forms are finalized, WRA-drafted forms are examined to see if changes are warranted.