Thursday, March 22, 2007

Novato cools inspection concerns

The Marin Association of Realtors and Novato officials have been working to mend the group's concerns over the city's residential resale inspection program, including inconsistencies and delays in inspection reports.
The association first brought the issues to the city's attention in September, and the situation has "greatly improved" since then, association president Valerie Castellana said. She said she wanted to address the City Council on Monday to clarify concerns and recommended solutions.
Castellana said some of the association's 1,700 members had observed inconsistent inspections of residential properties and noted instances in which inspections were delayed for six weeks or more.
"With escrow periods of 30 days, sometimes shorter, the wait for a Novato inspection process has caused delays in sales - to the detriment of buyers and sellers," Castellana said.

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