the realtor that our son is working with says that the lenders can be - she did use polite language - my translation/interpretation is - real jerks and that they seem to enjoy ****ing the person trying to sell the place or rework the loan
I understand we aren't supposed to get political on this board -
so I will stop with the following comment
this agent also said that these so-called bailouts aren't bailing many people at the bottom of the heap