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# Due diligence

Also called: due diligence period, inspection period

The defined window after acceptance when a buyer investigates the property and can act on what they find.

Due diligence is when inspections happen, disclosures are reviewed, association documents are read, and any specialist evaluations are ordered. It is the buyer’s window to get informed.

It is bounded by dates in the contract. Once the period closes, the leverage it provided closes with it.

## Related terms

- [ContingencyA condition in the purchase contract that must be satisfied, or the buyer can withdraw without losing earnest money.](/glossary/contingency/)
- [Home inspectionA buyer-ordered evaluation of a property’s condition and systems, used to decide whether and how to proceed.](/glossary/home-inspection/)
- [REPC (Real Estate Purchase Contract)Utah’s standard residential purchase contract, which sets the deadlines the whole transaction runs on.](/glossary/repc/)
- [Seller’s disclosureThe seller’s written statement of known material facts and defects about the property.](/glossary/sellers-disclosure/)

## More in Buying a home

- [Appraisal](/glossary/appraisal/)
- [Appraisal gap](/glossary/appraisal-gap/)
- [Closing Disclosure](/glossary/closing-disclosure/)
- [Contingency](/glossary/contingency/)
- [Earnest money](/glossary/earnest-money/)
- [Escalation clause](/glossary/escalation-clause/)

## Have a question about your own situation?

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