Are we out $500?

We have been in contract on a house since mid December. The seller had a contingency for them to find a house before we could complete the sale. The contract ended 1/22, but we told them even before this we’d be willing to extend the contract. So we let our realtor know we wanted to extend and signed the paperwork for that extension, giving the seller another two months to find a home. We already paid $500 for the home inspection. Now the seller is saying they don’t want to extend the contract and are taking the house off the market. Is there a way to recoup that $500 or get some kind of compensation? I’m obviously really upset right now, we’ve been envisioning our lives in this home for a month and a half, being really patient with the sellers. There was no communication up to the expiration of the contract by either our realtor or the sellers, no indication this would be happening. I feel so blindsided and lead on.