Need help. working on a preapproved  HAFA short sale and Freddie Mac is the investor. the 3rd party vendor is LRC. The approved price was 240k (overpriced -BPO) Buyer came in at 220k. They countered full price, 240k, buyer came back at 225k. They still wanted 240k. I sent comps and informed them due to condition of property and pool not being in working order 225k was a fair price. 2 similar properties in neighborhood recently went pending at 219k, one also has a waterview. I sent these to them. I also asked them for the forms for a Value Dispute and they told me Freddie Mac wasnt participating in that. They told me to have buyer agree at 240k and then they would renegotiate if the appraisal came in lower from the buyer's lender. this all happened last week. the appraisal came in at 225k. when i received the counter on Equator to answer at the 240k, I countered at the 225k and sent in the appraisal. that was 2 days ago. Today I received the banks counter on equator again at 240k. Just got off the phone with LRC's wonderful escalation person and he tells me that this is what Freddie Mac wants and the buyer will have to come in with the extra 15k.
any thoughts, comments and/or ideas will be greatly appreciated!