as Timothy geythner declared they going to force banks to do short sales to get rid of houses instead of going to foreclosure what kind of situation is there to purchase single house in florida how long it takes now for the procedure and whom do you go to buy those houses.Thanks.

My parents made an offer on a home around 20 days ago,
offer expires in 25 days
Agent ,who also is the listing agent,told us we would have to wait up to 1 more month
She recently went on “vacation” just 3 days ago
i recently looked up the house online and it appears to be removed from the market,
What can be the reasons for just being gone out of the ‘blue’ besides being sold?
is it possible the bank is reviewing offers or bring it back as a forclosure?
havn’t
contacted agent yet,but will

I heard a short sale in when you can pay or can sell your house for the amount you bought it for… For example I bought my house for $235k and now it cost between $170k to $190k, so it is upside downs for around $60k. I heard that I can hire a realtor he will sell it for a less amount and the rest the bank will “eat it”. But I have to wait certain years to buy another house again. How many years do I have to wait to buy again?