Home Inspections and the Real Estate Licensee

James Webb and Michael Seiler ()

Journal of Real Estate Practice and Education, 2003, vol. 6, issue 2, 217-224

Abstract: The use of home inspectors by home buyers to evaluate both new and existing homes has become more prevalent in the United States in recent years. However, since home inspectors are not licensed in most states, anyone can potentially call himself a home inspector. The impact of such agents on the home selling process is therefore a concern of many real estate sales professionals. Results from a survey of 2,000 randomly selected real estate sales agents about their experiences with home inspectors indicate that most respondents had significant experience with home inspectors and that about half believed home inspectors had “killed” at least one of their transactions in the past two years. Still, well over three-fourths of the respondents recommend home inspections prior to the purchase of a home and over half believe that, overall, the effect of home inspection on the sale of a house is positive.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1080/10835547.2003.12091593

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