Cascade Built Blog
July 11, 2008
Green sells faster, for more $
Posted by admin, 6:03 AM
New data released by Greenworks realty suggest that Environmentally certified homes (Energy Star, LEED, Built Green) sell 18% faster, and for 28-37% more per square foot. Sounds good to me. Especially since Cascade Built is doing LEED homes, and about to complete its first Platinum home, the Alley House.
GreenWorks Realty Analyzes Green Homes Compared to the Rest of the Market SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On the one year anniversary of the Northwest Multiple Listing Service’s addition of green design search features to its property listings database, analysis shows that new environmentally certified (ECert) or green homes in King County sell in up to 18% less time and for 28-37% higher value per square foot. ECert homes are built to a higher standard than local building codes require. These better built homes offer a variety of potential benefits, including increased energy efficiency, water conservation, improved indoor air quality, environmentally preferable materials, and reduced construction waste.
In June 2007, GreenWorks Realty, Built Green™ of King and Snohomish Counties, Northwest Energy Star® Homes, Cascadia Region Green Building Council, representing LEED for Homes™ (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design), and other industry leaders worked with the Northwest Multiple Listing Service (NWMLS) to introduce ECert homes into its search categories. The NWMLS includes 19 counties of western and central Washington is the second and now largest Multiple Listing Service in the country to include green criteria. Portland was first….
