Sellers Beware: Surveys Can Kill Deals

If you are selling your home, you want everything to be smooth.  You could be selling for any number of reasons — upsizing, downsizing, moving out of state, moving to senior living, or even because you are just ready for a change.  After all, you went to all the trouble of putting your house on the market, procuring a buyer, dealing with the buyer’s inspection items, waiting for the buyer‘s mortgage to be finalized, and meeting with your attorney to sign a stack of papers.  And now finally, finally, finally, you have a closing date on your calendar.  Just a few more days, and you will be on to the next chapter of your life. Or so you thought. . .Everything was fine. . . And then your survey came in. In a typical residential real estate transaction, the survey is usually one of the last things the parties actually… read more →