Short sales can largely depend on the workload of the negotiator handling the file. In this case, we were working on an FHA short sale, that was originally listed in a difficult time of year (November). The appraisal was done very quickly (within a few days of being set-up with the short sale lender), and once we had the value, a buyer came on board within about a week.
We structured the offer according to the FHA guidelines and had the short sale approval within 3 hours!
