"Buyer's Market" is an Oxymoron

So, we finally heard back from the bank and apparently they are still deciding between our offer and one other offer.  At this point, I'm not entirely sure if banks actually want to sell their REO properties.  If they do, why don't they make their choices faster when they have two solid offers to choose from?  Here's to waiting another ?? hours/days/weeks for a response.  At some point someone has to want to sell a house to us, right??  Only time will tell...