30 Jun 08 Home Inspection Checklist
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If you are planning to buy a home, you are likely planning to sell a home too. One of the usual steps in the buying and selling process involves having your home inspected. Below is a list of commonly inspected areas of a home.
Many home inspectors will begin their routine with the home’s foundation. Cracks can occur from earth settling below, which can lead to moisture seeping through. If there are cracks in your foundation, be sure to have a professional contractor come and repair the problem.
Expect your roof to be given a thorough overview, as a damaged roof can lead to much bigger problems – often associated from water damage. Reroofing a worn roof can often add value to your home, but only reroof if it is absolutely necessary; otherwise have any damages repaired by a professional roofing contractor.
Once inside your home, an inspector will look for any obvious signs of damage to walls, ceilings, and floors – e.g. stress fractures in walls, water damaged ceilings, and cracked tiles or worn out carpet. Additional interior inspection will include checking the heating and air-conditioning systems, doors and windows, plumbing, leaking sinks, electrical fixtures, and electrical outlets – to ensure they are properly working.
If selling your home, be sure to have as many of these items fixed before your scheduled inspection to prevent having to do so afterwards. In today’s market, most problems that are discovered will likely need to be repaired before listing your property; or you may not receive your home’s full value upon selling.
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28 Jun 08 Arizona New Home Incentives 6-28-08
Below are this week’s incentives from home builders in Arizona. If you are an Arizona home builder, or a home builder in any other state, and you want your incentives or community information included, please contact us and I will get them in next week’s post.
Below you will find home builder incentives and information about Arizona homes for sale in new communities throughout Phoenix and Tucson. All of the information was found in the Arizona Republic on June 28, 2008. The home builder incentives and/or events are considered accurate, but please contact each home builder, or visit their website, for more information about their mentioned event, incentives, location, sales pricing and to inquire about their disclaimer(s).
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26 Jun 08 Permian Basin Home Sales Up
According to a report by Kathleen Thurber, of MyWestTexas.com, home sale prices in the Permian Basin area have increased about 7 percent from the same time last year. The Permian Basin region is located in west Texas just south of Lubbock, to Midland-Odessa, and extending westward to neighboring state New Mexico.
There are over 400 units for sale in the area, up from around 250 from the same time last year, according to Carroll Nall, member services director of the Permian Basin Board of Realtors.
Home prices in the region are selling at the average price of $169,700, an increase of $8,700 from May 2007 – Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.
Thurber also mentions that area builders are reporting that homes are being bought at the same rate they are being built. The Permian Basin Home Builders Association is stating that more than 300 building permits have been issued this year, up roughly 30 percent this year.
To read more about these developments, read Thurber’s story Real Estate Season Kicks off with Summer.
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