The House Detective: Buyer regrets not having home inspection
NewsOK.com
DEAR BARRY: We bought our house about two years ago, but we did not have a home inspection. Since then, we've found problems that were not disclosed by the sellers or their agent. The worst of these is an addition that was built without a permit.

Q & A with America's Real Estate Professor: Home inspection
Norwalk Reflector
Q. I have a home inspection coming up for my first house. I know I should be there but I'm just wondering if it is really that necessary because I'm very busy with work. The house is in great shape and my real estate agent is planning to work with the ...

Tips for Home Inspection
KTVZ
Tweet. Tips for seller on preparing your home for a buyers home inspection provided by WIN Home. Inspections. www.WINHomeInspectionBend.com. House Exterior. • Remove soil or mulch from contact with siding. Six or more inches of clearance is best.

What to Expect From a FEMA Home Inspection
Patch.com
Inspectors from FEMA have begun meeting with disaster applicants in McHenry, Lake, DeKalb, Kane, DuPage, Cook, LaSalle, Kendall, Will, Grundy and Fulton counties. Inspectors are reviewing damage caused by severe storms and flooding from April 16 ...

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What to Expect During a FEMA Home Inspection
RealEstateRama (press release)
CHICAGO, IL – May 20, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Inspectors from FEMA have begun meeting with disaster applicants in McHenry, Lake, DeKalb, Kane, DuPage, Cook, LaSalle, Kendall, Will, Grundy and Fulton counties. Inspectors are reviewing damage ...

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San Francisco Chronicle
Sound Off: How do I find a home inspector?
San Francisco Chronicle
We ask our buyers to be present at their home inspection, because this is a great chance to really learn about what you are buying. Home inspectors point out areas of concern, and make suggestions about areas of ongoing maintenance. A home inspector ...

Prairie Village Post
Your home: Preventing the 'usual suspects' during a home inspection
Prairie Village Post
Your home: Preventing the 'usual suspects' during a home inspection. Posted by Chad Taylor on Friday, May 17, 2013 at 1:00 pm. Comments. Tweet. By Chad Taylor. Question: What “usual suspects” that come up during inspections can a seller possibly ...

Nashville Ledger newspaper
How to avoid surprises from home inspection
Nashville Ledger newspaper
Home inspections are one of the most necessary functions performed in the home buying and selling process. A home inspection also can ruin a wonderful day for either the buyer or the seller. The buyers are in love with their soon-to-be-inhabited home ...

Info sessions on SSCC's Home & Mold Inspection classes
Fayette Advocate
Through a partnership with Parker Training Services, Southern State Community College will provide continuing education programs in Home Inspection and Mold Inspection. The programs will be offered as short-term summer classes on the college's North ...

Ask Adam: Preparing for a Home Inspection
ARL now
This regularly-scheduled sponsored Q&A column is written by Adam Gallegos of Arlington-based real estate firm Arbour Realty, voted one of Arlington Magazine's Best Realtors of 2013. Please submit follow-up questions in the comments section or via email.

ABC Action News
What if you could find out about your home's past before you buy?
ABC Action News
House Fax describes itself as a baseline and in no way replaces an actual home inspection. Typically, a home inspection will turn up current problems, not past history. As a Realtor, Monroe said he's concerned potential buyers could be scared away by ...

Neil Legatt starts Insight Home Inspection
In-Forum
Neil Legatt, a licensed home inspector, has started Insight Home Inspection servicing the Fargo-Moorhead and surrounding communities, including the lakes area. By: Forum staff reports , INFORUM. Neil Legatt, a licensed home inspector, has started ...

Consumer alert: Is your home inspector licensed?
Providence Eyewitness News
Many home inspection contracts only require that the home inspector refund the inspection fee to a client. Under the new law, Rhode Island home inspectors would be required to have several types of insurance covering errors, commissions and liability ...

Home inspection topic of seminar
The Marlton Telegram
Hunn and Buckley will address the topic “How to Assure a Home Inspection Does Not Kill a Deal.” U.S. Inspect bills itself as the one-stop solution for home inspection needs, including tests for radon, termites and more. Hunn is the Philadelphia/South ...

Carson Dunlop Partners with Southwestern College
San Francisco Chronicle
Carson Dunlop and Southwestern College have formed a strategic partnership to offer a career home inspection training program. The comprehensive 10-course certificate program is available through distance learning. Content is delivered in a highly ...

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Home inspection firm formed
Caymanian Compass
Mr. Salvi entered the real estate market a few years ago with Utopia Realty. Having listened to frequent complaints from home buyers about unexpected problems with their homes, Mr. Salvi realised the need for a proper home inspection service in the ...

Minnesota does not have a statewide licensing program for home inspectors ...
KARE
And, if given a choice, most people in the home inspection business would prefer that state not institute a licensing system. "Any time the government gets involved it seems like there's all kinds of strange rules and regulations and it costs more ...

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CBC.ca
Manitoba to make nursing home inspection results public
CBC.ca
Manitoba's health minister says she wants to make nursing home inspection details available to the public. Theresa Oswald responded to a CBC News I-Team investigation that found while more than one-quarter of Manitoba nursing homes that were ...

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Manitoba keeps care home inspection results secret
Updated News
Manitoba keeps care home inspection results secret More than one-quarter of Manitoba nursing homes that were reviewed in 2011-12 failed to meet certain standards, but the provincial government refuses to say which homes. The province inspects personal ...

Home Inspection Checklist - Interior
Minneapolis Star Tribune
This is a follow-up to last week's post, which gave a home inspection checklist for the exterior of homes. The goal of this checklist is to give potential home buyers a 'heads-up' for some potentially larger defects. This is obviously not a complete or ...