The more than $2.2 trillion in collective 2021 sales volume reported by the Top 1,000 respondents to RISMedia’s 34th Annual Power Broker Survey is truly historic. Yet it doesn’t tell the complete tale of last year’s residential real estate market. The missing piece? Compass. While recent industry media coverage has declared Compass “the largest brokerage…
In today’s overheated market many buyers are waiving home inspections to get their offer considered at all. But does that mean they should skip the inspection? Even after the sale, a home inspection is the best way for your clients to learn about their new home. First, the home inspection allows the potential buyer to…
Many buyers are waiving the home inspection in today’s market but even after closing, your clients can reap the benefits of having a professional, thorough home inspection. First, the home inspection allows the buyer to learn about any major defects or damage that may not have been disclosed. Things like a new roof or repairing…
Many buyers in today’s red-hot real estate markets are tempted to skip the home inspection. Yet there are abundant reasons why a home inspection should be a necessity, even if it isn’t part of the sales contract. First, the home inspection allows the potential buyer to learn about any major defects or damage that may…
Ensuring confident homeownership and adding value to the client experience underpin the latest innovative features in home inspection. Buyers who are more informed about the home they’re considering are more likely to be comfortable with their decision in both the short and long term. Even in today’s often overheated market the opportunity for client education…
With inventory at or near all-time lows, many homes are selling “as is” and transactions are moving quickly. In this seller’s market, is a pre-listing home inspection a good idea? The short answer is “yes.” Homes that have had a pre-listing inspection can sell for more. It’s to the seller’s advantage to fully understand the…
Technology evolution in home inspection now enables a number of advances that benefit clients and agents alike. Agents that take advantage of these developments will help improve their clients’ home-buying and -selling process and will save themselves time as well. Interactivity enables the buyer to review a visual inspection summary, offering expanded insights and information…
Any property can have a radon problem—old or new, well-sealed or drafty, with or without a basement. The EPA estimates that 1 in 6 homes in the U.S. is affected by radon. Prolonged exposure to unsafe levels of radon can create an increased risk of lung cancer; in fact, radon is the second leading cause…
Ensuring confident homeownership and adding value to the client experience underpin the latest innovative features in home inspection. Buyers who are more informed about the home they’re considering, are more likely to be comfortable with their decision in both the short- and long-term. Even in today’s often overheated market, the opportunity for client education should…
Homebuyers, even in the hottest markets, are hungry for knowledge about their new home. And as always, a professional home inspection provides invaluable knowledge they can use right away and in the future. Now, however, it’s possible to expand that knowledge in ways that weren’t imaginable just a short time ago. In a word, the…
Improving the home-buying and selling process wherever possible is a key component of serving clients, especially in today’s housing market. With that in mind, technology advances in home inspection now enable a number of advances that benefit clients and agents as well. An interactive visual inspection summary offers expanded insights and information the buyer can…
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