Here my situation, I put an offer in on a short sale with a contingency that if the sellers accept my offer and sent it to there title holder for approval they can not accept or sent the title holder any other offers until my offer is denied or pulled. The sellers accepted my offer and pulled the listing. My offer is the only offer on the unit waiting approval, I put another offer on a house allowing me 2 weeks to pull my offer just in case the short sale is approved. Would you suggest amending my original offer on the SS stating they have 2 weeks to reply? If it makes a difference my offer was 5k over asking.

I have been waiting for a bank to release a short sale house since last Dec. 2009. I have withdrawn my earnest money but am still watching the house. I noticed the seller dropped the price $5000.00 today. Does anyone know if banks are speeding up the short sale process? Even a counter offer would be appreciated.

My offer is within a very reasonable range for the area.

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