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Surge in Pending Home Sales Continues Thanks to Home Buyer Tax Credit Approaching Deadline

Submitted by Chrissy Doremus on Fri, 06/04/2010 - 9:02am

Real Estate Industry

According to a NAR article released yesterday, the surge in pending home sales continues. "Pending home sales have risen for three consecutive months," NAR stated, "reflecting the broad impact of the home buyer tax credit and favorable housing affordability conditions, according to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®."

House Passes HOME STAR Energy Retrofit Act In Bipartisan Vote 246-161

Submitted by Chrissy Doremus on Fri, 05/07/2010 - 12:50pm

Real Estate Industry

Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the HOME STAR Energy Retrofit Act in a bipartisan vote of 246-161.

For those of you who may not know about the act, it is a $6 billion program that is designed to give people a financial incentive to make green changes to their homes and includes homeowner rebates up to $8,000 on certain energy-efficient retro-fits, for one. Of course it's a bit more complicated than that (and there is still debate on whether this is the "next best thing," or just another economic miss-step) but that's the basic gist.

U.S. Inspect Introduces New Real-Time Online Scheduling

Submitted by Faith Greenwell on Tue, 04/20/2010 - 8:04am

U.S. Inspect

CHANTILLY, Va., April 14 – U.S. Inspect today announced the unveiling of real-time online scheduling, now available at usinspect.com/schedule.

Although the company has been offering instant online estimates since 1998, this is the first time complete online ordering has been made available. It is a feature that is largely unavailable anywhere else in the industry.

U.S. Inspect Celebrates National Radon Action Month

Submitted by Chrissy Doremus on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 2:53pm

U.S. Inspect

Chantilly, VA—January 6, 2010—As part of the company's annual recognition of National Radon Action Month, U.S. Inspect is proud to announce that the company Blog will spend the entire month of January highlighting radon and radon-related topics among its regular daily posts.

U.S. Inspect Re-Launches its Web site, Joins the Social Networking Community

Submitted by U.S. Inspect on Fri, 12/04/2009 - 12:18pm

U.S. Inspect

Chantilly, VA – December 4, 2009 — U.S. Inspect, the nation’s largest employee-based commercial and residential home inspection company, announced today that they have officially re-launched their Web site in order to provide more educational resources and interaction to homebuyers and to the real estate community.

U.S. Inspect Receives Rave Reviews in October Post Inspection Surveys

Submitted by U.S. Inspect on Mon, 11/09/2009 - 7:04am

U.S. Inspect

Chantilly, VA—U.S. Inspect announced today that they received rave reviews on their recent October post-inspection customer surveys.

U.S. Inspect Blogger Bill Zoller Wins Real Estate Blog Contest

Submitted by Chrissy Doremus on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 2:04pm

U.S. Inspect

Chantilly, VA—U.S. Inspect blogger Bill Zoller was recognized this week as the winner of the Zillow sponsored Carnival of Real Estate, a contest where fellow bloggers choose weekly winners from a group of submissions on the real estate-related topic for the week. Just like a travelling carnival, the Carnival of Real Estate contest "travels" from site to site and is hosted by different blogs, who then judge the submissions for that week.

U.S. Inspect Offers Home Maintenance Widget

Submitted by U.S. Inspect on Thu, 09/10/2009 - 4:27pm

U.S. Inspect

Chantilly VA.-U.S. Inspect, the nation's largest employee-based commercial and residential home inspection company, is syndicating its online home maintenance tips, making them even more readily accessible by offering a new Home Maintenance Tips Widget.

U.S. Inspect Launches into the Blogosphere

Submitted by U.S. Inspect on Tue, 08/04/2009 - 1:35pm

Chantilly, VA—Today, U.S. Inspect launches a collaborative blog that is the first of its kind in the real estate industry. The company has brought together over a dozen writers, inspectors, and market commentators across the country from within its organization, to provide readers with information on topics such as the market, industry news, technical topics, and tales from the road.

Existing Home Sales for June

Submitted by Bill Bowman on Thu, 07/23/2009 - 3:22pm

Real Estate Industry

The National Association of Realtors just published the June Existing Home Sales report. Here are the highlights:

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