Archive for September, 2008
Going Green
September 21st, 2008 categories: Buyer's Advice, Seller's Advice
Buyer Advantages
Having the knowledge and to know the potential monthly savings or costs of your home: We have the understanding of energy efficiency and costs or savings associated with insulation, windows, appliances, heating and cooling systems, and other features of your home that affect you month after month.
Know more about indoor air quality and healthy environments:
EcoBrokers® can help you address environmental issues including: indoor air quality, ventilation, use of low VOC paints, quality radon
testing, and reliable water testing.
Consider building orientation and natural
landscaping features: EcoBrokers® understand energy savings that can be derived from proper building orientation and delighting, overhangs, and placement of trees (for shading and windbreaks).
Find homes with “green” features easily, on EcoBroker.com: Your EcoBroker® can help you search for new homes and information on the EcoBroker.com site.
Seller Advantages
Get the most from your home or property sale: EcoBrokers® understand energy efficiency and environmental features of homes. Working with your local EcoBrokerTM ensures you are working with someone who can highlight these attributes and their value.
Communicate the energy cost savings of your home: EcoBrokers® help you highlight energy efficient features in your home that may help you get the best price for your property.
Communicate to buyers the indoor air quality and health benefits of your property or building: EcoBrokers® can help you highlight healthy features of your home’s indoor environment.
Emphasize building orientation and landscaping features: Your EcoBroker® understands how to properly highlight favorable building orientation and landscaping, when marketing your home.
Differentiate Your Listing: Working with an EcoBroker® helps you market your property to the growing number of green-minded consumers and gets your listing the attention it deserves!
Promote Healthier, Cost-Effective, and Green Practices in Real Estate.
EcoBroker is a certification program for real estate professionals who care about the environment and want to promote energy-efficient and “green” features in homes and buildings. The EcoBroker® logo is the symbol of environmentally responsible and sustainable practices in the real estate industry. Certified EcoBrokers® meet buyer and seller demand for realestate professionals with a real understanding of the issues that drive current market decisions.
GREEN IS A BI-PRODUCT OF AN ENERGY EFFICIENT HOME
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According to Foreclosure dot com
September 9th, 2008 categories: Buyer's Advice, Seller's Advice
Here are the top 10 cities that are the highest risk mortgage markets, according to Foreclosure.com
1. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA
3. Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA
4. Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL
5. Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA
6. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
7. Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA
8. Stockton, CA
9. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
10. Bakersfield, CA (via Corelogic)
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Misleading Reports about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
September 5th, 2008 categories: Buyer's Advice, Seller's Advice
In response to numerous misleading and unbalanced news reports about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, C.A.R. created a new video to educate consumers about the importance of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and how the Government Sponsored Enterprises operate in the market. The video, which features C.A.R.’s Executive Vice President Joel Singer, explains the crucial counter cyclical role the GSEs serve, and the likely consequences should they be nationalized or eliminated.
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Richard Branson Launches Eco-Consulting Group
September 4th, 2008 categories: Green Events, Neighborhood and City events/highlights, Real Estate New
Branson Plans to create a Zero Carbon Resort and emerges also with an Eco-Consulting Group. Branson plans to turn Mosquito Island in the British Virgin Islands into the most environmentally friendly resort in the world. Located off Virgin Gorda close to his Necker Island, an uninhibited Island, imagines it being a beachfront with restaurants and 20 villas powered by solar and wind.
Thermal airflows will completely rid the need for air conditioners in the restaurant’s, while food will come from an organic orchard on which vehicles will run on biofuel.
The response from the government has been enormously positive to become the most environmentally friendly island.
Branson also says he is creating an eco consulting group called Virgin Green Owls. Which will advise governments and corporations in carbon neutral projects beginning in August.
Following the British government’s criticism of British Airways last year.
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