green: Agents Get Green
- 06/11/08 07:58 AM
I am proud to announce that three of my fellow Sotheby's International Realty agents have recently earned their Eco-Broker certification®. The Eco-Broker certification® is an important professional milestone. It indicates the agents have been through a comprehensive training program to understand green building, energy efficiency, sustainable design, and other issues important to home buyers who care about climate change and protecting the environment. Kaaren Atkin and Margaret Razon serve our Healdsburg Sotheby's International Realty clients and Cindy Brandon is a key part of our new Santa Rosa office, Artisan Sotheby's International Realty. The Sonoma County real estate community benefits when local … (4 comments)
green: Green stimulus package
- 01/26/08 04:14 AM
Green is non-partisan. Green is good for the country, the world, our kids, and our financial health as individuals, families, and a nation. For the next few weeks we will hear Congress and the President debating about how much money to give back to us as part of an economic stimulus program. Part of the package they are discussing is a long needed reform to increase the conforming level for loans, a real boost for our industry, especially in states with high priced housing. There's debate about whether it will prolong the bubble, but in general, I think most real estate … (10 comments)
green: Pink is Green
- 12/24/07 03:34 AM
Making It Right is a wonderful idea for rebuilding New Orleans Lower 9th Ward. The Pink Project's concept of building 150 eco friendly homes is a brilliant way to combine reconstruction with education about the planet's ecological and climate balance. The web site illustrates many specifics of the New Orleans design and appliance decisions. The designers made some very good choices for homes that have to be both affordable and sustainable. For today's market they are doing exactly the right thing. On the other hand if money were no object my guidelines wouldn't change but my product and design choices would. My design principles … (29 comments)
Real estate and green building information for Sonoma County California with an emphasis on Healdsburg, Sebastopol, Forestville, Guerneville, Graton, and the Russian River Valley, Dry Creek Valley. and Alexander Valley.I write a lot about REO property, fixers, luxury estate homes, and vineyard property. I love to analyze sales trends.
I am proud to announce that three of my fellow Sotheby's International Realty agents have recently earned their Eco-Broker certification®.
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