In a contract to purchase house (contingent on sale of current house), but want to divorce husband

[Anonymous]

Yes,
Over price your house, don't clean , bad selling pictures ...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just curious...we have 2 couples that moved into brand new McMansions ($1.7-1.9 million range) in our neighborhood that divorced in 1-2 years. One had to then turn around and sell the house.

Why do couples on the brink of divorce go into major real estate deals?

In one case, the woman was blind-sided. Her husband revealed an affair and the AP was pregnant. In the other case, the marriage had been rocky.

Is it like couples that think a new baby will save the marriage? Is it a guilt purchase?

don't be an ass. You said the pregnant woman was blindsided. Clearly she didn't think "a baby would save the marriage". Cheaters are liars who can't negotiate conflict transparently. Clearly what happened is that wife thought everything was normal and wanted to have a child but cheater dad couldn't say no or the marriage would be over, so instead he acquiesced to the baby in order to maintain the affair and the marriage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just curious...we have 2 couples that moved into brand new McMansions ($1.7-1.9 million range) in our neighborhood that divorced in 1-2 years. One had to then turn around and sell the house.

Why do couples on the brink of divorce go into major real estate deals?

In one case, the woman was blind-sided. Her husband revealed an affair and the AP was pregnant. In the other case, the marriage had been rocky.

Is it like couples that think a new baby will save the marriage? Is it a guilt purchase?

don't be an ass. You said the pregnant woman was blindsided. Clearly she didn't think "a baby would save the marriage". Cheaters are liars who can't negotiate conflict transparently. Clearly what happened is that wife thought everything was normal and wanted to have a child but cheater dad couldn't say no or the marriage would be over, so instead he acquiesced to the baby in order to maintain the affair and the marriage.

There was no woman in my scenario having a baby. WTF? It was used as a comparison to 'buying a house' to save the marriage. The stupid things people do as a last ditch effort.

[Anonymous]

Couples don’t think they are “on the brink of divorce” until very late in the game.

Usually one of them has made up their mind long before the other one knows about it, and deliberately conceals this decision.

I bet you OP wanted this divorce long before they decided to buy this house, but didn’t tell her DH. And I bet her poor DH has no idea she has made up her mind to get out.

[Anonymous]

OP if it’s a hot market they might just give it back. We did this for a buyer who put down offer then changed mind. We did it because holding their $ would drag out for months and we needed to sell. We had already bought another home.

[Anonymous]

Is there a story here? If house selling is your only contingency find a way to make your house super unattractive to buyers. Price it badly, take bad pictures with clutter on your cell phone, maybe put dirty litter box in strategic locations (kitchen perhaps?) in case someone actually decides to look at it...

I feel bad for the owner of the house you have under contract and possibly your husband as well.

[Anonymous]

Just don’t accept any offers and work on getting out of the new house contract. No one can force you to accept an offer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just don’t accept any offers and work on getting out of the new house contract. No one can force you to accept an offer.

I would suspect the purchase agreement on the other house has some sort of stipulation that OP cannot reject a full list price offer on their house. It might even have language about how OP needs to price their house such as at an appraised value and it might have clauses about making reasonable or reasonable best efforts to sell the house. OP really needs to talk to a lawyer or, at the barest minimum, the realtor.

[Anonymous]

So I’m fine selling the current house - that would be a good thing. Just don’t want to buy the new one.

[Anonymous]

Realtor here....you aren't providing enough detail to provide an answer. What are your other contingencies within the contract? You need to have a hard, difficult conversation with your spouse before getting into a house that you could walk away from potentially without losing your EMD. After you speak with your husband, be honest with your Realtor. I would consider compensating the Realtor for their expenses at least to be fair.