Housing update....

There is really not a lot to be said about our housing update. It's more like a soap opera. I'll post a little update in as cheery attitude as possible.

1 month ago yesterday (September 17) we put a bid in on a house. We heard nothing until last Sunday evening. Last Sunday we were informed that (because the house is bank-owned, and the bank was not moving along at more than a snail's pace that) there was another bid put in on the house. We were less than thrilled. I think livid, is more accurate. We went back to the house on Monday with whole slew of people. We picked over the place with a fine toothed comb, if you will. We re-evaluated our current bid. We submitted another offer (not too far off our first offer), since the bank (which owns it) did pay to clean up the mold that was in the basement (long story, not a concern any more. The basement is dry... it was from the smashed vanity in the bathroom above.) Then we sat and waited some more. On Thursday, our bid was met with a verbal counter offer. (This time, not soo bad.) On Friday, we accepted the counter offer. Now, we're waiting for the official paperwork.

If you're thinking "How can I pray for them, now?" (If you're not, please think that... because we really would appreciate all the prayers we can get at this point.) Because the bank has been dragging their feet, we're pushing awfully close to the "first time homebuyer tax credit" deadline. We should have been fine with the deadline if they would have accepted our bid within the normal 2 week time frame. But now... we're not sure. It will be very, very close. We need to close before November 30. Please join with us in prayer, that we can accomplish this task. It will certainly help out in the future with some repairs we intend to make in the spring.

Other than that, we're still in limbo... waiting.

Thanks for the prayers!!

~K~