If anything, the 2 they declined are actually assessed way over market. 

If it is not the right price to list, I would unfortunately decline the listing.

With projected low prices on oil for the next 6 to 12 months and the just announced layoffs and shutdowns in oil field services and leasing will North Dakota continue to be a high growth state.Another one is that Michigan is just now reversing population decline that ran unabated since 2000.

Overall, you want to invest in a market moving in the right direction versus stagnation or declineI like the market to have a diversified set of industries / employees - that way if one industry declines in the future or a company goes out of business or moves it doesn't depress the city (think of upstate NY when Kodak when out of business)I like purchase prices to be more reasonable and closer to $100,000 for the median property price.I like a city that has a relative high percentage of the population that rents so I know there is a large and vibrant rental pool.  

A Trustee named in a Deed of Trust is not a party to the making of that agreement other than to serve after the deed has been executed, in fact, they have no duty to act as they may decline to do so.

I have had a few that I have either declined or asked to be removed and CYS has been very cooperative. 

He met with his other buyers to decline their offer (mine was better), drove to my office and we signed the assignment contract.

Of course, I have declined. 

If the underwriter has a lot of files and doesnt want to deal with it they may just arbitrarily decline the file due to results of first appraisal rental income values etc.. so it really depends on the team, underwriter, loan officer, and bank you're working with.

I don't know or remember a time Detroit wasn't declining.