My husband and I had a similar experience. We wrote out a contract the end of May 2011 and gave a $2, 000 deposit. A day later we found out that my husband's salary was possibly going to be cut and so we cancelled the next day. The realtor we dealt with promised my husband multiple times that the worst case scenario is that we would lose $250. That was over 2 months ago. Every time we contact the realtor he tells us that his supervisor needs to sign off on the cancellation. He tells us to just keep checking in on the status. The realtor I dealt with was manipulative and is a liar. We have yet to get this matter resolved.