The home was owned by Countrywide (now owned by Bank of America), and they require that buyers get pre-approved with them to put in offer on homes they list for sale . So we started the pre-approval process and put in an offer two days later , but learned that the bank had already accepted an … But honestly, a good real estate agent would have flagged that property so that the minute it was re-listed, the agent should have called them to see if they were still interested. …