Most developers will look at the remediation work that is needed, which happens when the soil has been contaminated.

@Giovanna Owen, Imagine driving from the outskirts of Portland through Sandy and down to Madras or Redmond.

Yours looks good to me tho.No , not at all , its sandy soil , put some dirt in hit it with a tamper around the sides , not a problem .

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They celebrate paying off their outsized mortgage because for them it's a great life-changing accomplishment.They mourn when they have to leave the house that they spent so much of their lives in, like their cheap ticky-tacky tract-built place is an ancestral estate handed down from time immemorial and their lives are bound up with the soil it rests on.They fill their houses with just ungodly amounts of their crap, trying to own it more fully.They hire people to do the simplest jobs in their house because they're worried to death about structurally compromising the joint: "Oh no, if I replace this faucet and the faucet leaks there will be massive damage and a contractor will have to give me a quote and I'll have to file a claim with my insurance, and, and, and..."

Yazoo clay is a type of soil that moves and fluctuates.

Tearing out the soaked wood is always the best option for a very badly soiled house.  

In contract with a house, had the inspection complete and it uncovered that some footers need to be replaced (sitting on cinder blocks and on soil) and the main beam has a slight bow in it. 

Your homeowners policy should include coverage for a named storm which means if a storm is categorized as "Hurricane Sandy" then you have coverage.

If it has been more than two years and I believe it has you might have to start from scratch with all of the required engineering, soils analysis, foundations designs etc, . etc.