Category: Home Inspectors

New home inspector regulations will take effect in Kansas in January next year. Starting January 1, before house inspectors can carry out their home inspection tasks, they need to first register with the Kansas Home Inspector Registration Board and increase their liability limit to $2,000 or higher. They must also comply with educational requirements and […]

The city home inspector has been increasingly taking a greater role in the monitoring of foreclosed and vacant homes in the Minnesota cities of Lakeville and Burnsville, which are both located in Dakota County. As vacant foreclosure homes continue to rise in the two cities and as mortgage lenders fail to maintain the properties, Burnsville […]

Home inspectors in FL are currently not required to obtain a state home inspection license before conducting house inspections across the state, except in Charlotte County where only professionals in the building industry are allowed to apply for a house inspection license. But by July 1, 2010, the approximately 3,000 house inspectors across Florida are […]

Most home inspectors in NY offer free additional services to win more customers. Some offer free mold sampling, free termite inspection, free digital photos and free energy-efficiency advice. If you live in New York or plan to buy a house in New York, you can compare the services offered by house inspectors working in New […]

Houses can look okay and fine, but you may not know details that would make them fail a great deal. House inspectors are here top help you evaluate your house. Here are some areas you should make sure to be checked, as well as what details are to be inspected: The house structure. You can […]

A qualified home inspector can help homeowners in Fort Collins, Colorado comply with city multifamily housing standards. Across the city, many homeowners have converted their single-family homes into rental duplexes or have added rental spaces by converting their basements or garages into dwelling units without obtaining the needed permits and without complying with building codes. […]

An inspector for foreclosures will save you from losing your investment or purchase money in an overpriced foreclosure property that needs costly repairs. Oftentimes home buyers are excited by the lower prices of foreclosure homes, making them sign a purchase contract immediately without putting in a house-inspection contingency clause or buy at a foreclosure auction […]

If you are a homeowner or a real estate broker planning to hire a home inspector, look for American home inspectors who follow codes of conduct designed by national home inspection organizations. It is also good if you first read about what are expected from house inspectors so you would know what to expect and […]

The housing boom pressured builders to construct a lot of homes in short time frames, causing construction defects that oftentimes only professional house inspectors can immediately see. So, prospective home buyers really need to hire professional house inspectors licensed to conduct home inspection in the state where the houses are located. In a 250-unit subdivision […]

The relatively small fee you pay house inspectors to find how you can make your homes energy efficient will be returned to you many times over in terms of monthly savings on your utility bills. There are at least three things that house inspectors will accomplish during energy efficiency inspection: home inspection, analysis and recommendation. […]