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Buying & Selling
Use inspections and property information during buying, selling, appraisal, mortgage, contingency, and negotiation decisions.
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Key Buying & Selling guides
Can You Get Earnest Money Back After a Bad Home Inspection?
Learn how contingency wording, notice deadlines, and inspection limits determine whether an earnest-money deposit is refundable.
Should You Get a Home Inspection on a Flipped House?
Learn how inspection limits, renovation records, visible clues, and specialist follow-up shape the decision on a flipped home.
Can a Conventional Loan Close With Roof Damage?
Learn how roof severity, appraisal conditions, repair documentation, and lender requirements determine whether closing can proceed.
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How Should a Roof Credit Be Calculated?
See how inspection scope, comparable estimates, local requirements, and lender limits shape a defensible roof credit.
Can the Inspection Fee Be Credited at Closing?
See how seller and lender credits can affect an inspection fee, cash to close, disclosure, and loan limits.
Can I Sell a House With an Old but Functional Roof?
Learn how roof condition, seller disclosures, inspections, and lender requirements can affect a sale when the roof is old.
Can an FHA Loan Close With a Leaking Roof?
See how FHA roof standards, appraisal conditions, repairs, and specialist inspections determine whether a purchase can close.
Can an Appraiser Require Roof Repairs?
Learn when roof defects make an appraisal conditional, when minor wear can remain as-is, and why the lender makes the final call.
Can a Roof Certification Help Sell a House?
Learn how a roof certification can affect buyer confidence, negotiations, lender conditions, and closing decisions.
Can a Lender Require Roof Repairs Before Closing?
See how appraisal findings, loan rules, repair conditions, and transaction documents determine whether financing can close.
Can a Lender Require a Roof Certification?
Learn why roof condition can affect loan approval, what lenders may request, and how to confirm the exact requirement.
Can a House Be Sold As-Is With Roof Problems?
Learn how an as-is sale, roof condition, disclosure duties, and lender property standards affect whether a closing can proceed.
