New News About the New House

The sellers on the house we want called Greg (our agent) and left a message yesterday morning saying they would come down a couple thousand dollars.  This is after they basically decided to walk away last week.  Greg said that it's like them waving a white flag and conceding defeat.  The new counter-offer they gave is still about 6,000 more than we can afford to pay on a house.  David and I discussed it, raised our offer a little tiny bit and sent it back to them.  We'll see what happens.  I think our prayer for the hedge of thorns worked, and hopefully they are ready to make a deal. Oh, and, in case you didn't catch it, the "hedge of thorns" thing was totally tongue-in-cheek....  ;)