A home inspection is a crucial step in the process of buying or selling a property. For both real estate agents and homeowners, understanding what to look for in a home inspection is essential to ...

Smart prospective homebuyers know a house inspection is an important part of the experience. A good inspector will let a buyer know if the house has defects and what it may take to fix them; ...

When you are buying a home, there are many types of inspections that you will have the right to complete. In my opinion, a home inspection is one of the most important. A home inspection is actually ...

Think your home is in perfect shape? Let's be honest, nearly every house has something hiding beneath the surface. According ...

A worker uses a pump to unclog a blocked sewer line. Photo courtesy Getty Images. When shopping for a house, many homebuyers overlook the sewer lateral that runs below the ground of a property. This ...

Q: You often recommend home inspections for new homes, but in my case, this has proved to be unnecessary. Since buying my home about six months ago, I’ve had two problems, and the builder repaired ...

Greater Boston’s red-hot real estate market has fueled a controversial, and potentially illegal, practice among the licensed professionals who inspect homes. Inspectors say demand has surged for ...

Gina Baker is an experienced content strategist, SEO enthusiast, editor, and writer focused on empowering and educating agents and brokers. Before joining HousingWire, she was the site lead at The ...

John Gallagher of Belmont has been inspecting residential and commercial buildings since 2000. He has a background in construction and launched his own company, Clark Hill Inspections, in 2018. More: ...