Why do sale dates get postponed?

[Jeff NA]

I'm about to do a 2nd and 3rd mailing to some short sale prospects. Looking up some current info, I see a good portion of their sale dates are being postponed, sometimes by one month and often times by two to three weeks. Before I mail these folks again I was wondering why sales get postponed. If it's because they are already working with someone then I don't see the need to waste the stamps. Are there other reasons that I am unaware of?

Jeff

[James Harkness]

I'm assuming you are talking about the foreclosure sale dates being postponed. There are two main reasons that a sale date will be postponed. Either the owner is contesting the foreclosure and the loan is tied up in litigation of some sort, or they are working with the bank and the bank has decided to push the foreclosure back to give more time to work out the loan.