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Green Matters

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Real Estate Sales Representative with Sutton Group-Professional Realty

Green MattersWhen looking to sell your Halifax home in today's market the best edge to get your home noticed above others is to highlight its green factors. Of course, staging is an important element as is adding cost effective updates, but making your home green will leave a positive impression on buyers.

What makes a property green isn't just having greater insulation and lower energy bills. It also includes water usage, how the home itself makes use of rain water, the kinds of vegetation in and around the property, the construction materials and methods used on the property, alternative sustainable energy resources and more.

Things you can do before putting your home on the market can include simply upgrading appliances, and installing efficient toilets, shower heads and a new efficient furnace. As the owner, you could be eligible for a variety of grants by updating your home thus saving on your budget. Roy Thomas could then use that information in the listing of your home to enhance its desirability and value.

Being able to explain an overall cost-benefit analysis of your home and its green features to potential buyers is an important asset. By taking your home, updating it with green features and highlighting their potential savings to the buyer, you can price your home higher than those homes without the benefit of green updates.

What qualifies as being ahead of the curve now will be standard features that buyers look for in a home in a handful of years. Taking the time to upgrade to green now will give your home a leg up and Roy Thomas more leverage in the pricing and selling of your Halifax home today and tomorrow.

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Keith Vermilyea
Boise Homes Realty brokered by Found It LLC - Boise, ID

We hear the term "green" more and more in the real estate industry.  Some of the features have tangible value such as plumbing that reduces the water bill and HVAC systems that reduce the power bill.  It will be interesting to watch how the green movement ultimately impacts the bottom line on an appraisal.

Nov 24, 2010 03:40 PM