https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/08/16/is-our-sale-in-danger-after-purchasers-bring-up-adding-a-replacement-buyer/

Q: We thought we were selling our home to a young couple. Not so, apparently. The agent representing the buyers told our seller’s agent that the young couple is adding a buyer. It was quite a surprise. The buyer’s agent used the term “floating the idea” of having the young couple replaced as the buyer. Something is amiss. The young couple shared their plans for our house and their young family.  

We are relocating from the Bay Area and signing a contract with the mover. We bought a new house under construction in a development. We just rented a home near our new housing tract. This news of switching or replacing the homebuyers is very troubling.