I'm thinking you may have missed the point of my Pottersville post. I do feel sorry for the people who have been lied to by dishonest real estate agents and greedy banks. The person who is currently under contract (sort of) should never have been approved for a loan to begin with. I will not share their details on my blog since it's not our situation, but yes, part of the blame is on all the banks involved.

That is the point of my post. The banks screwed up and loaned money to people who couldn't afford it. My dad has even said that he suspects that many of the people who are being foreclosed upon couldn't speak English and had been taken advantage of by unscrupulous agents. And now on THIS side of the mess, the banks are overwhelmed and/or dragging their feet somewhat, so for just the "regular folks," we can't seem to buy a house, even though we can afford it and there are many on the market.

The home we are trying to buy was not the home of someone who had been lied to by the bank. Their home was not taken away from them. It was an investment property. Please don't assume and accuse others of things. You know what they say happens when you assume....

Mark, it seems that you have some sort of bitterness eating away at you. I'm not sure what has happened in your life, and whatever it is, I'm sorry that it happened to you. I'm praying that the Lord will enable you to let go of whatever it is.