Hick talked to Realtor Guy on the phone Friday. Realtor Guy still had no new information. He said he had sent an email to The Buyer's Realtor earlier in the day, and was supposed to hear something by that evening. I don't know if he actually did, or not.
Hick had called to tell Realtor Guy that the work on the Bargain House windows was completely finished. It cost us another $200, because one of the windows was a different size, and needed other parts than the ones that worked for the other two windows. Hick said he will also get a bill for the second "house call" for the repairs. But that the windows are done.
Realtor Guy sent Hick a message later, thanking him for being patient, and acting in a professional manner to complete his part of the agreement for the contract on Bargain House. He also said that he had told The Buyer's Realtor that he expects a closing date and time by the end of the day Friday, April 25. If there is no closing date scheduled by then,
WE ARE WALKING! The deal is off!
Thevictorian triumvirate agrees with this tactic. Bargain House has been tied up now, waiting on a closing date, since March 8. It needs to go back on the market if The Buyer and his so-called realtor can't get it together. As The Pony says, the families with school-age kids who are looking to buy a house will be ready to view properties and get a deal done over the next few months.
We're not here to hold a house in lay-a-way for a wishy-washy buyer and incompetent realtor.
April 25 is a Saturday, it's marked on my calendar as a holiday for our annual ANZAC Day, also a neighbours 90th birthday which I am supplying a cake for.
ReplyDeleteI hope the deal still goes through, but if you need to put it back on the market you might get a better one.
Maybe I was testing to see who really reads the whole post... Heh, heh! Good to know that all my minutia is being fact-checked. My mind is no match for a calendar.
DeleteWe'll get this house sold to somebody. This buyer needs to poo or get his rumpus off the pot!
I agree Val. You've been more than patient and accommodating to both the buyer and the realtors.
ReplyDeleteEven we have our limits! At this rate we'd all have long white beards before the deal goes through.
DeleteTime is flying, I had not reazlied this had been dragging on since March 8. And you've done everything needed, so the HUD holding it up would be unfortunate but you could have had it sold to someone else in this time!
ReplyDeleteI don't think it is completely the fault of HUD. I think The Buyer's Realtor didn't give HUD the information in a timely manner. Maybe that lack of paperwork was discovered by the title company that is doing the closing, which put the process back to square one, when it could have been proceeding all this time since March 6. Something was fishy with that last-minute appraisal, too, on Good Friday.
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