The growing influence of home inspections on residential real estate sales has been rapid and unmistakable. Inspections were available in the 1970s and ’80s but were relatively unknown to most people during those years. By the early 1990s, home inspectors emerged as a significant presence in most real estate transactions, affecting the majority of purchases. Two reasons stand out as the basis for this surprising rate of growth:

Accompanying the growth of home inspection services has been a parallel increase in liability claims against inspectors. Two circumstances stand out as primary causes for these claims: 1. Some claims are clearly due to inspector negligence. A contributing cause has been the rapid growth of the industry, prompting an influx of inexperienced and unqualified inspectors. The result has been incomplete or incorrect reporting of property conditions; hence, claims. 2. Many claims, on the other hand, are frivolous, owing again to the litigious nature of the business environment. While unqualified inspectors are subject to claims due to incompetence, even the best inspectors may be targeted, regardless of whether they are truly at fault.

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