Category: Home Inspectors

You can still find your dream home among foreclosed houses and other distressed homes in many areas of the country, as long as you hire professional house inspectors to make sure that the house you are buying is worth your investment. There are foreclosure houses which are well maintained, especially in communities that are fiercely […]

Existing defects in homes become worse if the homes have been unoccupied for a long time so allocate time and money to hire independent house inspectors to ensure that what you are buying is worth your investment. According to Bill Richardson, who heads the 6,000-member American Society of Home Inspectors, the most common cause of […]

If you are buying an older home, you should be aware that house inspectors do not include asbestos inspection in the standard home inspection process. For years, the house inspection industry has discussed the advantages and disadvantages of disclosing the presence of asbestos in a house being inspected. But the industry finally decided to exclude […]

Like many things in life, good house inspectors do not come cheap. They have invested in training, in continuing education and in keeping updated with new developments in home construction and in home inspection, so they set their price a little higher than those who did not spend anything to improve their craft. As a […]

House inspectors are having a blast from the rising number of home buyers needing home inspections for their application for mortgage loan insurance with the Federal Housing Administration. Ever since FHA raised its loan limits to $729,000, the number of loans backed by FHA has increased from only 3 percent of all mortgages in 2007 […]

One of the more common and difficult basement problems encountered by home inspectors is wet basement. Since basements are below ground level, water above the basement level naturally flows to the basement due to gravity and water below the basement level seeps into the basement if it has nowhere to go other than an opening […]

As you already know, the best house inspectors will help you select the best house at the price range you can afford. Since you are investing much of your lifetime savings in the house you are buying, or will be paying your house over a period of many years, it is very logical for you […]

The professional fees paid to licensed house inspectors have increased, so in order to save on home inspection costs, do your own home inspection first before hiring house inspectors. Besides, if you hire house inspectors for each of the house you are interested in, you would spend a lot. First, view the overall appearance and […]

One question home buyers can ask themselves is this: Is it better to purchase a pre-owned or a brand new house or condominium? If you are a potential home buyer, you might think that it is better to get one that is newly constructed. In fact, more than one out of five home buyers would […]