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Speaker 1: In the past, Joscelyn Malcasion with the Lamachi Are Realty

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Speaker 1: in Waltham, says home buyers were able to use home

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Speaker 1: inspections as bargaining chips.

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Speaker 2: So to make their offer more enticing. Buyers were willing

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Speaker 2: to wave or forego a home inspection to make it

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Speaker 2: more favorable to a seller, so a seller would want

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Speaker 2: to accept their offer.

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Speaker 1: Under this new regulation, buyers can still waive their home inspections,

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Speaker 1: but not before they make an offer. Locasi says some

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Speaker 1: buyers feel like the regulation takes away their leverage at

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Speaker 1: the negotiating table, but others will be happy to know

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Speaker 1: their right to an inspection now has more support.

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Speaker 2: I've heard both sides. Buyers are really excited about this change.

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Speaker 2: I've also heard buyers say that they're not too excited

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Speaker 2: about this change.

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Speaker 1: There are a few exceptions, including for houses that are

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Speaker 1: sold early on in the construction process. Jeremy Russ WBZ,

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Speaker 1: Boston's news radio