Foreclosure Help

My husband and I just put a bid on a foreclosed home (this is the first foreclosed home we’ve ever bid on) on Tuesday. It’s now Thursday and we have heard nothing. The house has been on the market for a while, so I thought we’d hear back quickly. Usually on other homes we’ve bid on, we’d hear back from the sellers within 24 hours. Is it normal for banks to take a long time to respond to an offer?
Thanks for the answers so far – it’s weird, because you would think the banks would be dying to get rid of all those properties! Go figure

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