Moving: Update

As you know we placed an offer on a house that was contingent on the sale of our house. That contingency was only for 30 days, which ran out this weekend. We asked to extend the contingency by another 30 days, but the sellers wanted to change it. Basically, what they want is to keep our offer, but be allowed to list their property without mentioning it. They think that the fact that there is already a contingent offer on their house is keeping other prospective buyers away. We're going to go back to them and tell them, no, it has to stay the way it is. I imagine that they'll reject that offer and we'll be back at square one. That's ok, because it nothing really matters until we get an offer on our house. At that point, we'll be able to actually make a real offer on a house. Hopefully, the house we really like will still be on the market, but if not, oh well; there's lots more. Also, being back to square one means that if we do get an offer, we'll be able to negotiate from a much stronger position.