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What I'm saying is if you ask for them to eat the whole 47k, or even a large portion of it, then they will say no and either you eat it or it goes back on the market. Obviously you can ask. But I would proceed with caution.We're already in contract. The appraisal got done 3 weeks after they accepted our offer. The sellers can't back out, legally speaking, without leaving themselves open to litigation. Now we can back out any time we like, but we'd have to forfeit our earnest money/deposit.
We have absolutely nothing to lose by asking them to renegotiate...they can say "no way, José" or they can open a dialogue and be reasonable.
We also discussed this with our lender and real estate agent and have formally disputed the appraisal and are asking for them to include more recent/favorable comps in the appraisal.
Of course if we back out the sellers can put it back on the market, but in all likelihood, they've put an offer on a house they're in contract on which is contingent upon closing on their current home. Everybody wins if they are reasonable and see that comparable homes aren't appraising anywhere near what they thought their home was worth.
Or don't and see what happens, but don't say you weren't warned