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NC Home Inspector Licensure Board, Purpose and Scope

The North Carolina Home Inspector Licensure Board’s purpose if to safeguard the public health, safety and welfare and protects the public from being harmed by unqualified persons by regulating the use of the title “Licensed Home Inspector” and by providing for the licensure and regulation of those who perform home inspections for compensation. A Home…

NC economy ahead of the nation

“The housing market has been a key part of this recession. Price declines have limited new construction and reduced household wealth. Federal housing data show home prices actually edged higher in North Carolina in the fourth quarter of 2009, while still dropping in the nation. Also, since last spring, wage and salary payments to workers…

Corrosion in Homes and Connections to Chinese Drywall

Results from a major indoor air study of 51 homes today along with initial reports from two studies of corrosion in homes with Chinese drywall, show a strong association between homes with the problem drywall and the levels of hydrogen sulfide in those homes and corrosion of metals in those homes. To date, CPSC has…