Backdating the closing documents

[Grant Anderson]

Hi all,

We were supposed to close on a property in Indianapolis yesterday. The property is a short sale so the bank needed to approve the HUD statement but didn't until it was too late to be able to close yesterday. The sellers agent wants us to sign on Monday but backdate the closing documents to Friday so they don't have to wait for the bank to approve a new HUD statement and delay the closing even more. It doesn't sound right to me to backdate a closing statement. Has anyone ever done this before?