If the buyer retracts the offer or does not fulfill its obligations under the contract, the earnest money is forfeited.18.

A classic predictor of a recession or retracting stock market (although I have heard the joke that an inverted yield curve has predicted 15 of the last 5 recessions lol).

I retract my advice.

It's clear the people in your situation don't have much responsibility or the dog would never have had a chance to jump a fence.Recently, Maryland retracted the law (?)

I found people would say bad things, then immediately retract them as if they were forced to apologize. 

Good luck.To me it seems like email communication with her is best.Write her and explain that you regret that the offer has to be retracted because your secured funding has a deadline and that has come and gone.  

My agent is telling me that I'm still responsible for a home inspection after I retracted my offer on a home.

If your only getting $550 a side then I retract ALL of my previous comments.  

That way if the market starts retracting they can rent one out or have a fail safe to get out and sell cheap.You do not want a lot of debt on overpriced assets as the the market cycle heads down as many cannot hang on.There was a blood bath last time.Whatever I do I am staying quick and nimble.

If interest rates climb, real estate prices will {eventually} retract {relatively}, but life will go on.