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B-198940 1 (1980-07-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadill0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL DECISION OF THE UNITED STATES VW ASHINGTO.N D. C. 20548 FILE: B-198940 MATTER OF: OIGEST: ARIA.-_ DATE: July 29, 1980 Allan R. Irwin - Reimbursement for Real Estate Expenses Employee, tran ferred from Griffiss AFB, New York, to Randolph AFB, Texas, was unable to sell his house at his old duty station and deeded it back to mortgagee bank. Employee is not entitled to broker's fee and legal expenses he would have incurred had he sold his hou nor may he be reimbursed for diffe ence between purchase price and Emount of out- standing mortgage loan for reim- bursement is authorized only for expenses which employee actually incurs and reimbursement for losses due to failure to sell residence are specifically prohibited by 5 U.S.C. 5724a(a) (4). This decision is in response to a request from Mr. Allan R. Irwin, an employee of the Department of the Air Force, for reconsideration of his claim for certain real estate expenses, which was denied by our Claims Division on April 10, 1980. By orders dated August 8, 1977, Mr. Irwin was trans- ferred from Griffiss Air Force Base, New York, to Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, with a reporting date on or about September 12, 1977. He put his residence, located in Boonville, New York, on the market immediately. Mr. Irwin had difficulty locating a buyer so he requested and re- ceived an extension of the time limitation for real estate transactions to September 30, 1979. Unable to sell his home, Mr. Irwin deeded it back to the Rome Savings Bank, the mortgagee. By a letter dated September 20, 1979, Mr. Irwin re- quested reimbursement from the Air Force in the amount of $3,434. He claimed he was entitled to this amount because if he had sold his house at its FHA appraised value of $48,900, the broker's fee would have been pL(MZ .fLf2 *1 I .1

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