I've been posting in the What's NOT bugging you thread about my house buying experience but this belongs here. The process was going smoothly, Inspection was great, the sellers even fixed some small things we asked about and then when it came time for the appraisal, it came back a CONSIDERABLE amount lower than the asking price. When we tried negotiating with the sellers, they said they couldn't afford to sell the house at the appraised price. In the immortal words of Tom Hanks in Catch me if you can, "Knock Knock..."