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Area business offering free radon testing
McPherson Sentinel
LINDSBORG — Clarity Home Inspections a local company offering home inspection, radon testing and mitigation and related services, announced today they will offer at least 50 free radon tests to homeowners in the Salina, McPherson, and Hutchinson areas ...

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Kirkland Reporter
December residential housing market update: Low inventory does not reduce demand
Kirkland Reporter
For those looking to buy, Spencer recommends getting fully underwritten before making an offer or leveraging your buying power with cash. Another trend she and her brokers are seeing is that many buyers are waiving contingencies such as the home ...

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Student Loan Hero (blog)
Ready to Be a Homeowner? 6 Expert Tips for Choosing Your Starter Home
Student Loan Hero (blog)
When you put in an offer, you can make it contingent upon a home inspection — including radon, pest, and sewer inspections, said McDevitt. Make sure the home inspector is licensed and has a good reputation in your area. You also should accompany the ...

Kitsap Sun (blog)
Defensive gardening: preparing for flood and fire
Kitsap Sun (blog)
Here in the maritime Northwest, winters are typically wet and cool, right? Well, in recent years, the usual daily drizzle has been replaced by epic downpours with dry intervals. Thus, those of us with seasonally soggy lawns might evaluate the need for ...

Gearbrain (blog)
Liberty Mutual announces data-driven Total Home Score service
Gearbrain (blog)
Two new data-driven services from Liberty Mutual Insurance, called Total Home Score and Dwellbeing, are designed to help future home buyers and existing owners.
Liberty Mutual Insurance Unveils Total Home Score and Dwellbeing ...PR Newswire (press release)
Liberty Mutual crunches hidden data to create your Total Home ...VentureBeat

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Daily Herald
Clark Dennis Palfreyman
Daily Herald
“He who builds no castles in the air builds no castles anywhere.” Clark Dennis Palfreyman was a builder. He built homes and commercial buildings, but also built dreams, friendships, and built up everyone he met. After a life of building, Clark passed ...

Sarasota Herald-Tribune
LEW SICHELMAN: Big money continues to flow into Vegas housing market
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
For the seller, as Atalay posted on the ActiveRain real estate site, cash offers usually mean a quick closing with few, if any, contingencies, save for a home inspection. Cash can mean no appraisals and no worries about financing falling apart. And for ...

Western Nevada College rolling out certified home inspection class series
Nevada Appeal
"The program provides the lecture requirements for taking the exam and the other round of courses provides the 25 inspections the state requires one to conduct before they qualify for a license here in Nevada. Once a person has completed the 120-hour ...

Bankrate.com
How long does it take to buy a home?
Bankrate.com
... of the process can take up to two weeks to complete, and generally must be wrapped up before the closing process can happen. If issues crop up at this stage, such as an appraisal value below the value in the purchase offer, or major problems found ...

Realtor.com News
8 Home Inspection Mistakes Buyers Should Avoid at All Costs ...
Realtor.com News
The home inspection is a crucial step for buying a home, and it shouldn't be overlooked or rushed. Avoid these common mistakes on the big day.

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New Haven Register
What Is 'FSBO'? What 'For Sale by Owner' Means for Home Buyers
New Haven Register
You'll also want to make sure to have a very thorough home inspection since you don't have an agent on your side looking for common red flags. Finally, if neither side is using a real estate agent, it might be in your best interest to pay someone to ...

WZZM
Helpful tips to prepare your home for the cold
WZZM
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. - "It's pretty common for people not to take steps to winterize their home," said Brian Marcy, a home inspector at Grand Home Inspection. With high-powered furnaces, the intake and exhaust pipes can get clogged by heavy snow and ice ...

Certified Home Inspection Class Series Begins Jan. 8
WNC News
With the arrival of a new year there is an opportunity to start a new career in home inspection at Western Nevada College. Certified Home Inspection courses will be offered on the Carson City campus starting on Monday, Jan. 8, helping prepare an ...

Understand the home inspection process
The Mecklenburg Times
When you're looking to buy a home, your head may be full of visions of handsome hardwood floors, soaring ceilings and alluring landscape. Yet however tempting it may be to make a purchase based on outward appearance, stop yourself. It is essential to ...

Minneapolis Star Tribune
Top 20 home inspection photos from 2017
Minneapolis Star Tribune
This is our annual top 20 home inspection photos compilation. This is certainly the most wonderful time of the year, and these photos just get better and better. All of these images were featured on our facebook page over the last year. Enjoy! The new ...

WOWT
Local plumber flooded with calls for freezing pipes
WOWT
... the future," Birge said. Being proactive is the key, according to Birge, which will save money in the long run. "To be a good steward of owning a home, it's good to get to know your home intimately so that way you're prepared and you know what to ...

Anderson Independent Mail
Residents forced to wait for help at Upstate nursing home, inspection reports show
Anderson Independent Mail
According to the latest data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, an average of 6.6 deficiencies are found during inspections at nursing homes in South Carolina. Nationally, an average of 7.2 deficiencies are found during the typical nursing ...

Atlanta Journal Constitution
6 common first-time homebuyer mistakes that could cost you big time
Atlanta Journal Constitution
However, there are still deals to be found and your dream home may very well still be out there waiting on you. When you find it, be sure to avoid these 6 common mistakes that first-time homebuyers often make: Not getting a professional inspection. The ...

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Zing! Blog by Quicken Loans (blog)
Top 10 Mistakes First-Time Home Buyers Make (And How You Can Avoid Them)
Zing! Blog by Quicken Loans (blog)
During this process, the inspector will check the structure, roof, attic and basement – among other areas of the home – to ensure that you are all set to move in. “Spend the extra money to have a professional home inspection look at the house ...

StarNewsOnline.com
7 tips for buying a home
StarNewsOnline.com
Gale said many buyers are leery of the hundreds of dollars in upfront costs that can come with a home inspection and survey before buying a house. That can pose problems, he said, as inspections and surveys can pick up issues that become the buyer's ...