Whatever works; or not

206 Stanwich Road was constructed and sold in 2020 for $5.650 million. Its buyer, who presumably did more to it during his brief tenure than spread some zebra rugs and scatter orange throw pillows about, placed it back up for sale on March 18th for $7.9 million and found a buyer immediately, entering into a contract on April 9th. The house has been carried on the MLS rolls as “pending” since then, until now — the deal fell through last week and now the house is back on the market, jumped up to $7.950 million. Was that the price the original buyer had agreed to? If so, the seller may find that the current market is not what it was in April, but who knows? It’s a good looking house.