Coastal Housing Partnership: Home Buying Fair
KEYT
Exhibitor booths will include local real estate agents, lenders, home inspection firms, and residential builders. Free “How-To” sessions will be presented throughout the day in both English and Spanish on key aspects of the home buying process and ...

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Ask a Realtor: Is a Home Inspection Worth it?
Huffington Post Canada (blog)
Four hundred and fifty dollars is the cost for a home inspection on an average three-bedroom house. The price is calculated on the size and price of the house and will vary somewhat in price across the country. In making your decision think about this: ...

Some RE markets seeing tough competition on buy side
Chicago Tribune
If you know that you're competing against investors that are willing to pay cash, and that sellers are looking for contracts that don't have conditions or contingencies for issues like financing or home inspection, you might have to either bid more for ...

No home inspection, no crime
KeysNews.com (registration)
BY TIMOTHY O'HARA Citizen Staff Monroe County will not make it a crime for homeowners not to have a downstairs enclosure inspection before selling. Commissioners on Wednesday, however, agreed to set up a process in which buyers could sue sellers who ...

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WIN Home Inspection Named 2012 Military Friendly Franchise by G.I. Jobs ...
Sacramento Bee
By WIN Home Inspection MADISON, Ala., May 16, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- WIN Home Inspection announces its achievement of being ranked in the top 10 percent of all franchises nationwide, and being named a 2012 Military Friendly Franchise® by GI Jobs ...

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Randall on Real Estate
courierjournal
The road to buying a home is filled with bumps, but probably none bigger than the home inspection process. We see so many times where a buyer walks into a beautiful home, falls in love, enters into a contract and then upon receiving the inspection ...

Newsday
Inspection, appraisal, fees -- homebuying costs add up
Newsday
Home inspection. "Every buyer should have a home inspection, usually within 10 to 15 days after the contract is approved," says Dyan Pithers, a sales associate with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Tampa, Fla. Costs vary; Pithers says the home ...

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WIN Home Inspection Named 2012 Military Friendly Franchise by GI Jobs Magazine ...
MarketWatch (press release)
MADISON, Ala., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- WIN Home Inspection announces its achievement of being ranked in the top 10 percent of all franchises nationwide, and being named a 2012 Military Friendly Franchise® by GI Jobs Magazine.

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Painting fixer-upper will make it a home
San Francisco Chronicle
We had a termite inspection, a roof inspection and a home inspection. A little termite work was done under the house, and the home inspector pointed out some problems, mainly with the electrical system. The roof has a few more years of life left and no ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Time to check the gutters
Minneapolis Star Tribune
... water flow outside your home: Apryl Uncapher, a water conservation consultant; Tom Sullivan, a do-it-yourself repair specialist with Home Depot, and Stephen Gladstone, president of Stonehollow Inc., a home inspection service in Stamford, Conn.

Tools of the Trade: Flawlessly Synergizing Real Estate and Home Inspections
RisMedia.com (press release)
By Zoe Eisenberg Print Article A quality home inspection can give both the buyer and seller peace of mind, help create a smoother closing and improve the overall ease of the buying process. When a real estate professional and a home inspection company ...

Long Island Home Inspectors, Certified Home Inspections Announce the Launch of ...
Albany Times Union
Home inspection is a detailed and organized assessment of the condition of residential property. This includes complete physical examination of general integrity, functionality, and overall safety of a home and all its components.
A HOUSE THAT CAN'T STANDTbo.com

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Long Island Home Inspectors, Certified Home Inspections Announce the Launch of ...
PR Web (press release)
Home inspection is a detailed and organized assessment of the condition of residential property. This includes complete physical examination of general integrity, functionality, and overall safety of a home and all its components.
A HOUSE THAT CAN'T STANDTbo.com

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Home inspection is key for buyers and sellers
Anchorage Daily News
The home inspection performed by an independent third party can be one of the most frustrating parts of selling or buying a home. It can strain the relationship between seller and buyer, who up to this point may have felt positive about each other.

Upcoming real estate events
Detroit Free Press
Stop by City Hall at 11 Mile and Jefferson for the list of open houses and community information and sign up to win a free home inspection. For more information, e-mail Eric Goosen at goosenrealty@aol.com. Finance seminar: Learn how to finance your ...

About the House: Find the valve
Sturgis Journal
By Rob Kinsey I was doing a pre-purchase home inspection recently for some out-of-town buyers who were looking at buying a retreat house at a nearby lake. I wanted to make sure they knew where all of the main shut-offs were located.

Home inspector: Unpermitted addition worries homeowner
Chicago Daily Herald
If your inspector had known about the 9-by-9 tiles, he might have mentioned the possibility of asbestos, but that is uncertain because environmental hazards are not within the scope of a home inspection. In most cases, 9-by-9 tiles do contain asbestos ...

Real: Inspection, appraisal, title insurance -- homebuying costs add up
The Republic
Home inspection. "Every buyer should have a home inspection, usually within 10 to 15 days after the contract is approved," says Dyan Pithers, a sales associate with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Tampa, Fla. Costs vary; Pithers says the home ...

Why home inspections have become more important
Washington Post
According to the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI), a home inspection is “a documented, professional opinion of a home based on a visual evaluation and operational testing of the home's systems and components to determine their current ...
BC Home Inspectors Elect New Board of DirectorsMarketwire (press release)

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How to Prepare for an Annual Home Inspection
RealtyBizNews
Though a home inspection can be stressful, it doesn't have to be the end of the world. If you follow some simple guidelines, you can get through it with flying colors and move on with your life. First, make sure that you've tested all your light ...