New House and Better Luck

Well, the original house we offered on fell apart. The bank came back with a price increase of $7000. We probably would have met the offer and continued forward but they made it clear that it could take at least another 45 days just for them to get the "approval." We would still have to move forward with inspections and closing and we were looking at the end of May at the soonest for taking possession. We decided to back out of the deal while we still had time and make a last ditch effort to find a different house. We spent all day Friday with only so-so results and we found out the house we were going to make an offer on had already had someone offer before the day was even done! It was not looking good for our chances and we were starting to come to the realization that maybe this wasn't the right time for getting a house. However, we had a few more houses to look at Saturday morning. We found a house that we are really excited about! It is even more beautiful and I like the location better than the first house. If the market wasn't terrible right now there is no way we could have afforded this house. It is that nice. We just finalized the details today and a contract is accepted by both parties. In order for us to close by the end of April, we still have a lot of things to accomplish. Foremost being the inspection. Please pray that we will get an inspector to agree to come out Thursday or Friday even though it doesn't give them much notice. So things are looking up finally but I don't think I will feel like it is really real until I have keys in my hand. I posted the link on facebook if you want to see pictures. If you click on the video tour you will get a few more pictures which includes the upstairs and bathrooms.