Why do people wait?

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An older couple seemed to really like my house, and said they would try to figure out what they could afford. They have been looking for a few weeks already, by the time they saw mine.

When I decided to have an open house, I called to let them know, and she said they had an appointment to see about getting a mortgage on Friday, still a few days in the future.

I thought that was wonderful, they are going to make an offer on my house. Then I got to wondering why they didn't set the appointment for earlier this week (they saw it late last week), or, since they are seriously looking, WHY didn't they do it already, and have that information at hand?

Why do people wait? Don't MOST people get at least pre-qualified in the early stages of looking? They need to have a goood idea of what they can afford.

Is she pulling my leg? Are they going to make an offer?

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