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Fees to Expect When Buying, Selling a Home
bankingMyway.com, WI
Inspection Fee: Not part of closing costs, this optional service is provided by a licensed home inspector. An inspection determines if the property is in good repair prior to the sale. In addition, homebuyers have to come up with money for the down ...

Couple testifies in MRGO trial of devastation caused by loss of home
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, LA
A Road Home inspector later determined the house was too structurally damaged to be repaired. Franz said the couple received $80000 from the Road Home. On the stand before her husband, Lucille Franz said that close to three feet of water on the second ...

Inspector: Oven caused fire that forced 7 from WB home
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA
WILKES-BARRE – A toaster oven is blamed for a fire that forced a woman and six children from a home on Caffrey Street late Monday night. Acting Fire Chief/Fire Inspector William Sharksnas said firefighters responded to 61-63 Caffrey St., a double-block ...
Seven displaced by WB blaze Citizens Voice
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Couple sues NC builder over Chinese drywall
News14.com, NC
At the time, they and a home inspector noticed a sulfur-like smell, but they say the builder assured them it would go away. "We were assured that it was a hot water tank, they were going to replace and that, and we thought, 'We're fine. ...

'Building green' saves money, adds comfort
Frost Illustrated, IN
Michael Pickens is a licensed home inspector and owner of MD Home Inspection, located in Fort Wayne and serving the northern portion of Indiana. He received his training at the Real Estate Certification Program in Indianapolis. ...

Contractor can answer questions about replacing condo steps
The Detroit News, MI
This is the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors. Put in your ZIP code and the Web site can find you a home inspector. Ask Glenn If you would like to suggest a question for this column, e-mail [email protected].

College students buying up foreclosures
SCSU University Chronicle, MN
"I would say anybody these days that buys a foreclosed home without an inspection is looking for trouble because there's little things that I've found where people have sabotaged their house," said home inspector Wayne Sieling. ...

Home auction could be bid for happiness
Denver Post, CO
That means having a home inspector examine the house and having a lawyer or Realtor review the title work. A quality auction house will allow a minimum of 75 days before the sale is announced and the live auction begins, MacDonnell said. ...

Independent home inspections are crucial for would-be buyers
Los Angeles Times, CA
Obviously, it pays to hire an independent home inspector to examine an empty house, or at least base your offer on a satisfactory inspection. It also pays to hire an examiner to review an occupied house. At the same time, here are some red flags ...

Agent married to home inspector
NewsOK.com, OK
By Barry Stone DEAR BARRY: In my area, there is a very successful real estate agent who is married to a home inspector. On all of her listings, she has her husband do the home inspection and then she gives the inspection report to buyers. ...

CTV British Columbia
Family stuck living in mouldy former grow-op
CTV British Columbia, Canada
"From the realtor or the home inspector or anyone that was involved in the transaction." And the Consumer Advocacy and Support for Home-owners Society says it's an all too common situation. "The Theresa Denton case is just the latest," homeowner ...

Who's liable when a furnace that wasn't inspected is found to be ...
Los Angeles Times, CA
The blame may fall with either the home inspector for not checking out the heater, the seller for failing to disclose the problem or neither, depending on the circumstances. Question: When I bought my home, it was the middle of the summer and very hot, ...

The Mountain Enterprise
Double-Cross Nabs Bank Robbery Duo
The Mountain Enterprise, CA
According to Detective Sergeant Dennis Ward of the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety, Anthony George Arrigo, 55 who owns property in Frazier Park and has served as a home inspector for realtors in this area, walked into the Grants Pass police ...

Florence couple took their own lives
Sumter Item, SC
On Monday, firefighters discovered a woman's body in the front seat and a man's body in the back seat of a burned SUV parked at the end of Field Bridge Road about eight feet from the Lynches River. The husband was self employed as a home inspector, ...

Your first chance to 'kick the tires'
Brantford Expositor, Canada
That is, unless one of them is a building professional such as a home inspector or engineer. It will be obvious to you if there are chips in the porcelain sink or a missing shower curtain rod, but it might prove helpful to have someone along who can ...

Inspect your new (construction) home
Examiner.com
I recommend you have an independent home inspector check the house for you before closing. On one new construction home purchase in which I was representing the buyers, the inspector found three significant problems, one of which was a serious safety ...

Cleveland Home Inspector Wins 6 th Angie's List Super Service Award
EON, WA
This is the 6 th time the Cleveland Home Inspector has won this Award putting him on top of the Cleveland market. “That's why Angie's List is the best way to find out who really is a good home inspector.” This exclusive recognition is awarded to ...

A slavery resolution brings back rhetoric from the good old days
Nashville Scene,  USA
He's a home inspector, and this session he's pushing two bills to help his business. One would establish a one-year statute of limitations for consumers to file lawsuits against inspectors to recover damages for doing a lousy job. ...

Energy retrofit
Windsor Star,  Canada
One of the suggestions that came from Robert Iseppi, home inspector and owner of AmeriSpec Home Inspection Service, was to upgrade the hot water tank to a tankless system. The Hajdu's hot water tank works at 57 per cent efficiency but can be upgraded ...

For borrowers, the gift of time
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, FL
"It gives us more time and, hopefully, the company will come up with something better," said Ronald Felicita, who lost his job as a home inspector in the real estate downturn. "Now, they could work with us." Heide Felicita has found a job, ...