Don't know if it will make you feel better...or worse...but you are not alone. easy child/difficult child's house (all cash, quick close of 12/28) is going nowhere right now. We haven't even been able to get into the house of inspections (it is an "as is" contract with the right of inspections). Turns out the mortgage company that listed it has turned it over to Bank of America. OMG, I am an experienced albeit retired Realtor and I feel your pain.
So...easy child/difficult child (a/k/a difficult child#1) and his girlfriend are packing up to move into our house as the lease expired 12/31. Lordy I hope 2013 is a better year for all of us. I'm sending supportive thoughts/hugs your way and hoping that a Christmas miracle happens PDQ. DDD