The couple who viewed the house today liked it enough to put in an offer. Unfortunately, the offer was lower than I had hoped - at 194,200 it is about 12,000 under asking price. We aren't really in a rush yet, so we countered with 203,900 (only three thousand under asking price) and they countered with 199,250, but this time with the requirement of completing the basement drywall (taping and mudding, and sanding in preparation for paint). We have until noon tomorrow to decide, but I think we've both decided that 199+ with extra work is too little, given that our realtor has had activity from two or three other couples.
So position: hold tight.
Update: They were bluffing. Either that, or the pregnant lady was able to convince her husband to accept the offer at 203,900. But they just faxed in the accepted counter-offer and we are now proceeding with final details. Hopefully it doesn't all fall through :) Four days on the market, with an accepted offer by the very first couple to see it at 98.5% asking price. It is all going according to plan :)
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