history: Years ago, we were trying to buy our first house and the financing fell through.  We had to switch lenders and it took another six months to find a place. When we were trying to buy our first home_comma_ our financing fell through.
current: Oh no!  That had to be frustrating. I hope it wasn't too close to closing.
next: It was a couple weeks out.  We had to switch lenders and it took another six months to find a place.