Help Contractor Refuses To Close

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My brother & wife paid life savings into a house that they were going to retire in norther Idaho.  The builder has all the money except 6% but inexplicably refuses to close.  The remaining money is in the escrow account.  The house has been siting vacant for a year.  Brother hired a real property lawfirm and filed a complaint. Judge in the local community "homered" them.  So they have to go to trial.  This may take another year.  Contractor now refuses to settle because he wants them to sign a confidentiality clause.  They have a mountain of legal bills, no place to live, and no recourse soon.  Anybody have some ideas.