Saturday, October 14, 2006

waiting...

Yesterday we got the call: someone was making an offer on our house. We shared a few moments of excitement, which quickly lapsed into J admitting "I feel like I'm going to puke." I suppose excitement manifests itself differently for everyone!

They had offered us $10K less than our asking price, which we had just dropped by $10K about a week ago. So, J was reluctant to take it. (OK, I'll just say it, my husband is *stubborn*, no 2 ways about it). I can certainly understand his position, but considering our house has been on the market 4 months and this was our first offer, and adding in the fact that it is now a *total* buyer's market, especially in our area...well let's just say if it had been totally up to me I would have just taken the offer and been done with it.

We have countered with a number $5K more than they offered. You would think that if these are reasonable people, and if they really like the house, $5K should not be a big deal. But for now we just have to sit here and wait for the phone to ring...

4 comments:

Mary Beth said...

There are few things more painful than waiting around to see if your offer/counteroffer has been accepted. And it's even worse when you and your partner have different ideas about what's acceptable. I'm a "Let's just take it!" and "Just give them what they're asking!" kind of gal, but Jay wants to bargain and barter and get the best deal. If we had screwed around counteroffering on this house any longer we wouldn't have gotten it.

That's why I'm always right. :)

Kat E said...

well, it's now Sunday night and no word yet. We did find out yesterday that the lady who made the offer left town for the weekend (who DOES that?!). In the meantime, there was a very interested young couple at our open house today...supposedly they are going to the bank tomorrow to see if they can get prequalified. Everybody keep your fingers crossed for a bidding war! ;)(I do realize that in this market, this is *highly* improbable!)

Jennifer said...

Oh, I can't imagine the butterflies you two must be feeling. Keep us posted!

Lever said...

*fingers crossed*

OK, it's Thursday... what's happening? :)