We just got good news on our move.
Better not do any chicken-counting. But we went to a new bank where the loan approver is a good friend of a good friend and they did something the old bank could have done but didn't care to, and now we're pre-pre-approved with instructions to start house hunting and just be sure to call our banker back before we make an offer because she'll know things our offer needs to include, things we don't know about, having never purchased a home before.