I’ve recently put in an offer on a short sale with a seller, we both signed the purchase agreement, iv’e signed the counter offer and we had a fully open escrow with both banks approving her short sale, she backs out the first day of escrow being open…I want this property and have spent months battling this woman…can she legally do this??? I’ve taken money out of my retirement to help pay for the down payment and have therefore taken a penalty on it…what can I do…Advice would be greatly appreciated….

I know the short sale process is a bit longer, but we submitted an offer on an approved short sale. The bank finally counter offered and we accepted. It’s been 2 weeks and we still have not received any purchase agreement. Our lender has not heard anything either. Our “realtor” is also the listing agent and keeps telling us she should have the papers in a few days. Is this typical?