Ack! They accepted!
July 29th, 2011 at 02:28 amOk, let's back up and review...
June 14
We put in an offer of $300k on a short sale house that is listed at $395k (down from $550k)
June 24
The sellers accept but the bank says no and counters us at $375k
June 28
We offer a counter to their counter of $305k plus $1k in sellers closing costs
July 28
The bank says OK to our offer!!
OMG! I am happy but freaked out at the same time. Never in a million years did we (nor our realtor) think that the bank would actually agree to our lowball offer! So, we are officially in contract now and expect to close in 60 days. We can back out for any reason so we'll have to wait and see what will be found during the inspection process. Wish us luck!