Will ‘Eco-Friendly’ be a Hot Topic for Realtors?

 Driving along a stretch of I-95 where they have recently cut down the vast majority of trees & vegetation serving as a buffer (now why did they do that???) between the highway and a subdivision that backs up to it, I noticed this BRIGHT green stucco home. This color choice was not a soft pleasing green, but a dark moss that stood out like an eyesore. I thought to myself, “Somebody misunderstood the catch phrase we’ve been hearing of America Going Green!”

In a recent trip to our local home improvement store, I noticed advertisements for ‘green building materials’.   It also seems that every magazine I pick up or each time I watch TV for very long there will be a commercial pushing energy-efficient products---from light bulbs, to appliances & flooring materials, etc. I predict that goods & materials that can be promoted as protecting the environment will become more & more a marketing tool in the housing industry. I must admit with the high 90’s° temperatures we’ve experiencing lately, solar energy would be desirable, particularly after I opened my latest power bill! Power saving materials may even qualify for one of those tax credits! For more information, check out:

www.energystar.gov/index.cfm.