Is it normal for the bank to drag their feet on final approval?
Doing a land purchase and build contract through HtB and CBA has been an absolute nightmare.
Settlement on the land is the 21st and I still don't have final approval. They've had both contracts for a week, and after hounding me all day Friday to request a finance extension (despite telling me it should be done by Friday afternoon, Monday morning at the latest, and the extension is a "just in case"), they spent most of this afternoon dodging my calls only to tell me it still wasn't done, and that when it is (first thing tomorrow, pinky promise 🙄) it'll have to go to HA for final final approval. But apparently there's no need to panic and extend the settlement because it'll be "escalated".
I'm a FHB so I have no idea what I'm doing, but is buying a house normally this much of a clusterfuck? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. I was prepared for the process to be overwhelming and stressful, especially being a new build, but if things keep going at this rate I'll have an aneurysm before the bloody slab is down...
EDIT: Final approval signed off and sent to HA this afternoon. Phew.