Silence is a Mystery

We really expected to hear something from our mortgage company yesterday about the status of our close. I don't know if "no news is good news" or not, but we need to get an update this morning on just where we stand with the escrow process. Our date is getting too close now when we need to be out of our space here at the resort. I already have to pay for an extra month at the storage unit and all of our other deliveries and appointments have been delayed long enough. I know that our realtor must feel the same frustration we are feeling and is also getting tired of hearing that everything is done. We have had the "approval" for some time now, but we need to get an invitation to sit at the table and sign documents. Neither Josie nor I can remember when we last had so much stress for such a long period of time. It isn't suppose to be this difficult.

We know that a major reason for the longer escrow has been the fact that we have been nomads for the last almost seven years. I'm sure that the new guidelines placed on home mortgage underwriters has had an impact on the amount of documentation and supporting information that is now required. It would be different, I'm sure, if this were a cash deal. I wish it could have been, but it is what it is, and we need to be patient. We will be glad when we can look back and say we stuck it out and made it happen...