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Since the mid-1970s, consumer demand for home inspection services has grown in
· It provides the buyer with a list of repairs including time frames and other recommendations.
· It discloses conditions
not readily apparent or understood by a non-technical buyer, or that may have been misrepresented.
· It reduces
the liability of the realtor and meets the realtor’s need to disclose material facts and act in their client’s best interests.
Although
inspections may not find all problems, they provide a reasonable degree of consumer protection at a reasonable cost. The home inspection
process also encourages upgrading of