Yes, as listing agents we still lean against pre-listing inspections, for the same reasons as before. Buyers buy emotionally and justify logically. Put a full inspection report in front of a buyer before they have fallen for the home, especially a first-time buyer who has barely toured properties, and ordinary, expected issues look alarming without the context to judge them. Every home has a punch list. Seeing it cold scares people off things they would otherwise take in stride. Two more problems: - Wasted repair money. Buyers frequently ask for different repairs than the seller anticipated, so money spent fixing items up front often goes to work the eventual buyer does not care about. - The disclosure trail. Once an inspection exists, everything it found has to be disclosed going forward. If the seller declines to fix an item, that item gets disclosed to every subsequent buyer, even if the current deal falls through. So we generally prefer doing the inspection after an offer is in hand, when the buyer is invested and better able to weigh what actually matters. It is still the seller's call, but that is our stance and the reasoning behind it.