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Rainmaker
7,863,184
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Some of these items are a matter of opinion rather than fact.

Sep 12, 2016 09:06 PM
Rainmaker
1,206,261
Peter Mohylsky, Beach Expert
PMI. Destin - Miramar Beach, FL
Call me at 850-517-7098

Not all of those items will be included, it is tough to document some of those items, especially windows and appliances.

Sep 12, 2016 08:49 PM
Rainmaker
991,252
Jennifer Mackay
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Your Bay County Florida Realtor 850.774.6582

Not really, just the seller disclosures

Sep 13, 2016 01:21 AM
Rainmaker
5,583,328
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

no....not to my knowledge...

Sep 13, 2016 01:07 AM
Rainmaker
4,582,184
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

These are a part of our multiple listing service.  Of course, not all information is accurate or complete.   

Sep 13, 2016 01:00 AM
Rainmaker
1,728,156
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

In the Mid-Florida Regional MLS, we notate the home as Green with 6 seperate categories with multiple features notated, plus the HERS.

 

Will check on Sandicor here in San Diego

Sep 12, 2016 11:31 PM
Rainmaker
1,846,901
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

Yes, ours does but it's in another section entirely. Green section includes solar, rated windows, rated appls.

I never fill it out because most of my sellers don't have a clue.

Sep 12, 2016 09:53 PM
Rainmaker
5,112,471
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

It depends on the mls system and it depends on what the particular mls system has deemed a required field. We have lots of fields for information in my mls that we do not have to fill out.

Sep 12, 2016 08:57 PM
Ambassador
6,417,445
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

We have them in ours.

Sep 16, 2017 08:30 PM
Ambassador
3,741,896
Patricia Kennedy
RLAH@properties - Washington, DC
Home in the Capital

Our listing information on MRIS has spaces for green information.

Sep 15, 2016 11:12 AM
Rainmaker
4,319,773
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Richard L. Sanderson - I have started seeing it in some forms. And it does translate to the MLS.

Sep 13, 2016 04:11 PM
Rainmaker
4,960,530
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Interesting question , not sure.

Sep 13, 2016 11:29 AM
Rainmaker
3,988,013
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

Our MLS has energy feature sections that have fields for all these products you mentioned.

Sep 13, 2016 11:02 AM
Rainmaker
3,986,308
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

Ours do to a  limited amount

Sep 13, 2016 10:36 AM
Rainmaker
4,800,132
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

Very limited in my MLS.

Sep 13, 2016 09:44 AM
Rainmaker
1,624,653
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

Not in my state forms. But our MLS provides the forms for green/sustainable homes. RE appraisers have an access to local MLSs. 

Sep 13, 2016 08:03 AM
Ambassador
2,684,569
Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate
Fred Griffin Real Estate - Tallahassee, FL
Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker

Black Knight/Paragon MLS has a box for "Green Certification".  So does FlexMLS.  I think CoreLogic Innovia does also.  You also have options for "Solar" for water heater and HVAC.

 There will also be sections in Seller Disclosures.

 Here is the green certification options from Paragon MLS:

          Green Certification

Sep 13, 2016 07:20 AM
Rainmaker
4,900,966
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

Our MLS has fields for those items.

Sep 13, 2016 06:02 AM
Rainmaker
1,506,013
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Not out here.  If any of those things exist, they're usually mentioned in the write-up... if at all.  Everything these days is "energy star rated" so that's really a non-issue.  Solar panels are more of a pain, unless they're owned outright.  I'd actually detract for those!

 

I don't even know if our MLS has an input for the so called "green" stuff.

Sep 13, 2016 03:45 AM
Rainmaker
647,360
Greg Large
ERA Real Solutions - Grove City, OH
A Tradition of Trust

Our MLS does and also accessibility features as well.

Sep 13, 2016 02:47 AM
Ambassador
3,349,404
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

No all features are actually "required" to be entered into the MLS. It's lazy-making at its finest too when agents do not simply include all the features even if the MLS does not require it. 

Sep 13, 2016 02:14 AM
Rainer
232,019
Jessie Cochran
Counts Real Estate Group, Inc. - Panama City, FL
Panama City Realty Group

Not that I know of except seller disclosures

Sep 13, 2016 01:45 AM
Rainmaker
3,071,489
Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers
Serving the Greater Phoenix and Scottsdale Metropolitan Area - Scottsdale, AZ
Haven Express @ Keller Williams Arizona Realty

yes

Sep 12, 2016 11:58 PM
Rainmaker
5,239,023
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

Yes, but unless the seller knows for sure I shun including many of them!

Sep 12, 2016 11:54 PM
Ambassador
5,060,544
Jeff Dowler, CRS
eXp Realty of California, Inc. - Carlsbad, CA
The Southern California Relocation Dude

There are some features we can list but limited data fields in our MLS

Sep 12, 2016 11:50 PM
Rainmaker
2,784,566
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Property description area can help do what the fill in blanks does not

Sep 12, 2016 11:28 PM
Rainer
74,457
Michael Scruggs
UTR Texas-Realtors - Houston, TX
ABR, CNE, TAHS

My MLS uses them.

Sep 12, 2016 10:50 PM
Rainmaker
913,468
Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

Our mls has them, but documenting them is another story. Is a triple pane window worth more then a double pane? Is an insulated vinyl door worth more or less then a custom wooden door? It won't be easy for an appraiser to compare "green" features from house to house.

Sep 12, 2016 10:32 PM
Rainmaker
3,416,038
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

We do have a whole section in our mls and most under energy savings. 

Sep 12, 2016 10:25 PM
Rainmaker
1,241,754
Sam Shueh
(408) 425-1601 - San Jose, CA
mba, cdpe, reopro, pe

No. I doubt realtors are trained and able to explain in terms of emissivity and how it relates to energy consumption. 

As for energy saving big windows it is a misnomer. That is the biggest waste in energy consumption. Dual pane has thermal resistance of R2 much much worse than R13 in an older home by a large margin, Triple is window is R3. They all developing leak over time.  The replacement cost is cost prohibitive. 

Sky tunnels etc have almost no thermal resistance. Solar panels are not welcomed if leased. No real savings.  Consumers are much sophisticated than one think.

Sep 12, 2016 10:18 PM
Rainmaker
1,617,916
Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

WE have these options in Phoenix when listing a home.

Sep 12, 2016 10:18 PM
Rainmaker
1,513,143
Raymond E. Camp
Ontario, NY

We have for windows and solar panels(that also has a notation for leasing or buying them) but not for appliances.

Sep 12, 2016 10:13 PM
Rainmaker
4,434,177
Gita Bantwal
RE/MAX Centre Realtors - Warwick, PA
REALTOR,ABR,CRS,SRES,GRI - Bucks County & Philadel

We use it in the mls.

Sep 12, 2016 10:05 PM
Rainmaker
1,712,776
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

Most do and the fields are expanding.

Sep 12, 2016 10:04 PM
Rainmaker
1,056,272
Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

Ours recently added a field for green features and it's driving me nuts . . . now we have to fill them in every time that we update data. But it's a good thing.

Sep 12, 2016 10:02 PM
Rainmaker
1,157,791
FN LN
Toronto, ON

Some forms were introduced in the last couple of years to help collect such information.

Sep 12, 2016 09:14 PM
Rainmaker
2,375,705
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

In our area they do

Sep 12, 2016 09:09 PM