By Phillip T. Fisher, Executive Director
Following a series of meetings during the summer and fall, the N.C. Real Estate Commission and N.C. Home Inspector Licensure Board's joint Home Inspection Advisory Committee submitted its report and recommendations to the Commission and Board.
With regard to real estate brokers and salespersons, the committee recommended that a committee-developed informational brochure on the home inspection process be published and made available to real estate licensees and consumers. The committee also recommended that the Commission develop and deliver to its licensees through its continuing education program instruction on home inspection subjects, including instruction designed to promote a better understanding and awareness of the duties and requirements of real estate agents and home inspectors in the home inspection process. The Real Estate Commission approved these recommendations.
Also, at the suggestion of the committee, the Commission agreed to recommend to the North Carolina Association of REALTORS&#reg; a committee-developed form which homebuyers could use to request home inspectors to identify and report on the condition of those property systems and components specifically listed in Provision 12(b) of the standard Offer to Purchase and Contract form.
The Commission expresses its appreciation to the members of the Home Inspection Advisory Committee: Clifford Bond (Winston-Salem), Connie M. Corey (Greenville), Steve Elder (Pittsboro), Home Inspector Licensure Board Member John W. Hamrick (Durham), Ted E. Kelly (Winston-Salem), William A. Scurry (Charlotte), Assistant Attorney General Barbara Shaw, and Augustine Stasi (Chapel Hill); Real Estate Commission Member Raymond A. Bass, Jr. (Fayetteville), Home Inspector Licensure Board Chairman Stephen C. Smallman (Raleigh) and Board Member and Staff Director Grover Sawyer (Raleigh) who served as ex officio members; Real Estate Commission Legal Counsel Thomas R. Miller who assisted the committee; and Commission Executive Director Phillip T. Fisher who served as Facilitator.