For the seller’s agent:
Recommending a pre-listing home inspection demonstrates your good faith effort to protect the seller’s interest in terms of any legal obligation to disclose the condition of the house. In addition, a pre-listing inspecting helps identifiy potential areas of concern that could affect the purchase decision when discovered by the buyer’s inspection.
For the buyer’s agent:
Recommending a pre-purchase home inspection increases your credibility and enhances your reputation with the buyer by showing that you understand they want to know as much as possible about the hourse prior to spending any money. In turn, buyer confidence helps to develop a solid long-term client referral network. In short, every satisfied buyer represents a potential future business.
For the buyer:
Thehome inspection identifies the condition of the house at the time of the inspection. These observations or recommendations may help dispel home-buyer anxieties and provide useful home repair and maintenance suggestions.
Standards and Ethics:
Home inspectors that belong to a professional home inspection association bring a level of integrity and high standards of skill and practice. They also follow rules of conduct and ethics, as well as a standard of care equal to or above mandated standards of the governing municipality.