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He inspects buildings finding ours very poor (8)

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I believe the answer is:

surveyor

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'he inspects buildings' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'ours very poor' is the wordplay.
'poor' indicates an anagram.
'ours'+'very'='oursvery'
'oursvery' with letters rearranged gives 'SURVEYOR'.

'finding' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for surveyor that I've seen before include "Engineer who provides map-making data" , "Person who examines the condition of land and buildings" , "Land or building measurer" , "Building inspector" , "See 1 across" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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