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Home buying
Reader-facing articles about home buying.
57 articles tagged “Home buying”
Buying & Selling
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.
Buying & Selling
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.
Buying & Selling
Can a Conventional Loan Close With Roof Damage?
Learn how roof severity, appraisal conditions, repair documentation, and lender requirements determine whether closing can proceed.
Buying & Selling
What Does As-Is Mean After a Home Inspection?
Learn how an as-is term affects repair requests, inspection rights, unresolved defects, and the buyer’s next decision.
Buying & Selling
What Extra Inspections Should You Get on a Vacant House?
Learn which targeted tests may uncover idle-system, underground, water-quality, and environmental concerns in a vacant home.
Buying & Selling
What Is Reasonable to Request After a Home Inspection?
Learn how safety, function, repair scale, inspection limits, and contract terms should shape a post-inspection request.
Buying & Selling
Can You Ask for Credits on an As-Is House?
Learn how contract terms, inspection findings, seller consent, and closing rules shape credit requests for an as-is home.
Buying & Selling
Should a Homebuyer Attend the Roof Inspection?
Buyers can learn more by attending, asking useful questions, understanding inspection limits, and observing safely.
Buying & Selling
What Is a Pre-Offer Inspection?
Learn how timing, scope, access limits, and contract terms shape a pre-offer inspection and the decisions it can support.
