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According to NAR research, 65 percent of new home buyers see their home’s energy efficiency as an important consideration.
However, the initial cost of “going green” is still a significant factor in many people’s decisions to purchase energy-efficient home features.

Today’s green-savvy home buyers and sellers have many options. Sellers whose homes meet the EPA energy efficiency standard have a valuable marketing point – EPA studies show that these homes deliver $200-$400 in savings on utility bills per year.

Buyers can use green mortgages that will help them make environmentally friendly improvements to their home. One example is an FHA-insured Energy Efficiency Mortgage (EEM) offered by HUD. Regarding Green Mortgages, the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, which few realize, contained an incentive in Section 2092 for green mortgages. Green Mortgages have been around since the 1970′s although they have yet to be widely implemented. A good source for more information on green mortgages is http://www.fha.com/energy_efficient.cfm.