Selling green homes
02/01/10 18:21 Filed in: US
In Tight Market, Real Estate Agents
Tout Eco Features
by ELIZABETH SHOGREN
I was listening to the NPR.org podcasts earlier today. One of the stories concerned how buyers and sellers can find each other when they are interested in the green aspects of a residential property. In the US we have the MLS system. Traditionally the MLS system had no way to show how green a property was, what the key green features are and other details. It looks like that is starting to change. A couple of quotes below. The link to the NPR article is above. There is also a podcast if you want to listen rather than read the details. In any case it is a short report.
“’I would notice things like a 1920s house with all of its original appliances, heaters, windows, all of that. And then another 1920s bungalow that had a high-efficiency furnace and Energy Star appliances," says Lacher. "And they were selling the same [price] per square foot, and that just made me really upset.’”
“She says the problem was that there was no way to search for green homes in the listing services that agents use to advertise properties. So she decided to change that. Now, Portland's multiple listing system makes it easier to match up buyers and sellers of green properties.”
- John Corey
by ELIZABETH SHOGREN
I was listening to the NPR.org podcasts earlier today. One of the stories concerned how buyers and sellers can find each other when they are interested in the green aspects of a residential property. In the US we have the MLS system. Traditionally the MLS system had no way to show how green a property was, what the key green features are and other details. It looks like that is starting to change. A couple of quotes below. The link to the NPR article is above. There is also a podcast if you want to listen rather than read the details. In any case it is a short report.
“’I would notice things like a 1920s house with all of its original appliances, heaters, windows, all of that. And then another 1920s bungalow that had a high-efficiency furnace and Energy Star appliances," says Lacher. "And they were selling the same [price] per square foot, and that just made me really upset.’”
“She says the problem was that there was no way to search for green homes in the listing services that agents use to advertise properties. So she decided to change that. Now, Portland's multiple listing system makes it easier to match up buyers and sellers of green properties.”
- John Corey
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