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The Real Deal / Buying & selling: What a home inspection means for both parties
Westport-News
The inspection period -- which comes after an offer is accepted, but before a sales contract is signed -- is a time when buyers, sellers and their agents hold their breath. That's because this is when a deal is most likely to fall apart. Inspections ...

What a home inspection can do for you
Wooster Daily Record
(BPT) -- While giving a new $900,000 home a thorough going-over, Salt Lake City home inspector Kurt Salomon found a problem under the deck. The builder had cut corners, using the wrong kind of fasteners to secure the deck to the house. Yet, the ...

Home inspectors: who are they working for?
ConsumerAffairs
“Anyone in the home inspection business knows as soon as you blow a couple of deals the Realtors are going to tell each other, 'stay away from him, he ruined my sale,'” he said. “This is the only business that, the better you get at it, the less ...

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Former Home Remodler Launches Home Inspection Business in Chicago
Franchising.com (press release)
Wanting a steadier source of income for himself while maintaining his work with historic houses and buildings, Savage opened his Pillar To Post home inspection business in December 2013 serving the city of Chicago. "Transitioning from home remodeling ...

Home inspection is a good idea in a buyer-beware state like Alabama, say ...
al.com
Huntsville Realtors say a home inspection is something that needs to be considered a 'must.' “The first and most important thing to note about inspections is that our state is a caveat emptor – commonly referred to as a 'buyer beware' state,” says Dave ...

Roof, Cooling System and Windows Should Top Home Buyer's Lists
The Ledger
Checking the roof is the second thing Collier typically does during a home inspection, following a walk around the exterior of the house, looking for any visible defects, such as siding damage. After that, he enters the home and checks all outlets, the ...

Certified Home Inspections Advising Potential Home Buyers to Insist on Damage ...
PR Web (press release)
Certified Home Inspections, the premier provider of Long Island home inspection service provider for Long Island, the five boroughs and Westchester, is advising potential home buyers contemplating purchases in the Spring of 2014 to insist on greater ...
HOMEFINDER: Home inspection can buy peace of mindVictoria News
'A Buyer's Choice Home Inspections' Continues its Ascent in Canada and the ...BeTheBoss.ca (press release)

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Unlicensed contractor skipped on project
ABQ Journal
Dear Angela: It is reasonable to expect a copy of the home inspection report, but that is not what decides the issue. Whether you are entitled to a copy is based entirely on the terms of the purchase contract between you and the buyers who canceled the ...

Roof, Cooling System and Windows Should Top Home Buyer's Lists
The Ledger
Checking the roof is the second thing Collier typically does during a home inspection, following a walk around the exterior of the house, looking for any visible defects, such as siding damage. After that, he enters the home and checks all outlets, the ...

Ask Angie: How do I find a trustworthy energy auditor?
Oak Ridger
A thermographic scan makes infrared energy visible and reveals over- or under-insulated areas. If your state or city considers an energy audit to be a home inspection, your auditor may be required to hold a home inspector's license. Although most ...

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London Free Press
Also, it eliminates delays caused by waiting for a buyer to do the home inspection. On the down side, discovery of major deficiencies, of which the owner previously was not aware, may be difficult for the owner to accept; however, at least having this ...

Gas service is vital during home inspection
Chicago Daily Herald
Q. We are buying a foreclosed home from a bank, and the home inspection is scheduled for next week. Our Realtor says the bank is not willing to turn on the gas for the inspection, and she seems to think we should accept this refusal. Is it really OK to ...

Gas service is vital during home inspection
Chicago Daily Herald
Q. We are buying a foreclosed home from a bank, and the home inspection is scheduled for next week. Our Realtor says the bank is not willing to turn on the gas for the inspection, and she seems to think we should accept this refusal. Is it really OK to ...

Home inspection law expired with 2013
The Garden City Telegram
The five-member Kansas Home Inspection Registration Board was appointed by the governor and oversaw registrations and compliance with the law. Until the law passed, home inspectors in Kansas were not regulated, The Wichita Eagle reported. The law ...

Jobs in Sharon: Senior Teller, Home Inspector, Store Manager
Patch.com
Whiting Environmental is a dynamic Home Inspection company that is growing and we are looking for professionals to grow with us. Whiting Environmental Building Inspection is dedicated to providing the most professional and thorough inspectional ...

Mason Ohio's Favorite Home Inspector maintains a good service and exists as ...
PR-BG.com (прессъобщения) (press release)
Mason Ohio's home inspector company Abihomeinspectioncincinnati proclaimed the launch of another state of the workmanship home inspection management. The company has included the new home inspection style and the new home inspection ...

Lawrence residents seek grocery source in low-income area of town
Topeka Capital Journal
Sam Brownback in April. Brownback said he saw scant evidence “of large numbers of Kansas citizens being economically harmed by home inspectors.” “We're back into the wild, wild West of home inspection,” Barnes said. Brownback also said he thought the ...
Home inspectors deregulated in KansasFort Mills Times

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Home inspectors deregulated in Kansas
Emporia Gazette
The five-member Kansas Home Inspection Registration Board was appointed by the governor and oversaw registrations and compliance with the law. Until the law passed, home inspectors in Kansas were not regulated, The Wichita Eagle reported ...

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Expiration of law deregulates home inspectors in Kansas
The Republic
The five-member Kansas Home Inspection Registration Board was appointed by the governor and oversaw registrations and compliance with the law. Until the law passed, home inspectors in Kansas were not regulated, The Wichita Eagle reported ...

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Expiration of law deregulates home inspectors in Kansas
Kansas.com
Kerry Parham of Terra Inspections and the president of the Kansas Association of Real Estate Inspectors places a radon detector in the basement of a new home. Parham helped craft a bill that became a five-year law regulating the home inspection industry.
Home inspectors deregulated in KansasSeattle Post Intelligencer

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