When prospects begin thinking about buying a home, they first try to imagine themselves enjoying the home in the future. They start fantasizing about the possible benefits of living in it. These fantasies are influenced by past experiences they’ve had with other homes they’ve owned, rented or visited. They’re also influenced by the present — [...]

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While some maintenance issues, such as poor drainage, leaky roofs and old plumbing are common to all areas of the country, location is a driving factor for many home maintenance issues.
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As a home inspector I am often asked, “What do I need to know about the plumbing?” The answer can be rather long and rather complex, but in the simplest of terms, the plumbing of a home consists of two major parts:
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The real estate market in the West of the United States has certainly seen its share of troubles over the past 18 months.
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There’s no other way to put it: Things got pretty tense in the financial markets earlier this week — with the Federal Reserve’s dramatic steps to inject billions of dollars of liquidity on Wall Street, plus the failure of giant investment bank Bear Stearns.
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The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have agreed to a $200 billion bottle of Drano that will help to unclog the gunk clogging lending pipelines, but will it be enough to save the spring selling season?
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