Sunday, February 01, 2009

Buying A Vacant Foreclosed Home? Don't Forget That Mold Inspection

Northern Virginia Daily reports:
  • [M]old litigation has become one of the fastest growing fields of litigation, according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the National Institutes of Health. Empty houses in foreclosure are becoming mold breeding grounds. It's not a new problem -- mentions of household mold date back to biblical times -- but is one that is receiving more attention due to huge jury verdicts, allegedly due to its toxicity.

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