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Follow on Google News | Preliminary Analysis Suggests Chicago Homes that Disclose Energy Costs Spend Less Time on MarketA Unique Partnership between MRED, City of Chicago Mayor’s Office, and Elevate Energy Helps Homeowners and Buyers Factor Energy Costs into Real Estate Process
By: Midwest Real Estate Data In July 2013, the City of Chicago became the first municipality in the country to disclose residential energy costs (gas and electric) when a home was listed for sale via a multiple listing service (MLS). The achievement was the result of a unique partnership between Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) (http://www.mredllc.com/) “Chicago is working to ensure that potential homeowners can make smart, informed decisions about energy efficiency when purchasing a home, and less than a year into this initiative, energy cost disclosure reports are already creating a more streamlined marketplace and a more sustainable city,” said Mayor Rahm Emanuel. “Through our Sustainable Chicago 2015 plan, we are working to ensure that Chicago continues to be a sustainable, prosperous, and healthy place to work and live.” With seven full months of data collected, and just in time for Earth Day, Elevate Energy has reviewed this early MRED data to see how energy cost disclosure has performed in the marketplace. Of the 18,605 single family homes listed on MRED between July 1, 2013, and February 19, 2014, 10 percent of homes disclosed their energy costs. Home listings that disclosed energy costs spent less time on the market. In Lakeview, for example, homes that disclosed energy costs spent a median of 43 days on the market compared to a median of 63 days on the market for homes that did not disclose their energy use. Home listings that disclosed energy costs also had a higher closing rate: 66 percent of homes that disclosed compared to 53 percent for homes that did not. It should be noted that these preliminary findings only help describe attributes of homes that disclose energy costs and do not imply causation. Energy cost disclosure facilitates more informed decisions for all involved in the real estate transaction. The recent analysis demonstrates the value of energy efficiency in the marketplace. “Homeowners that invest to improve the energy efficiency of their homes should have a clear, consistent way to document those improvements when they opt to sell, and buyers deserve to be able to get a full picture of homeownership, which includes energy costs,” said Anne Evens, CEO of Elevate Energy. “Our preliminary analysis of the MRED energy disclosure data is encouraging. We’ll continue to analyze the data over time to get a more complete understanding of how listings that disclose their energy costs may or may not set themselves apart.” The analysis is the result of a strong local collaboration that focused on core competencies amongst partners across real estate, technology, and energy efficiency sectors. “MRED could not be prouder to be at the forefront of multiple listing services across the nation regarding energy issues and high performance housing,” said MRED President and CEO Russ Bergeron (http://www.mredllc.com/ MRED’s requirement to enter energy cost information at the time the listing is entered into the MLS system is also an accurate and real-time way for real estate professionals to comply with Chicago’s energy cost disclosure ordinance. “I’ve used the automatic utility lookup fields since the day MRED added them to the MLS, and they are an amazing time-saver for us in a busy market,” said Mario Greco of the MG Group at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group in Chicago. “More importantly, they are accurate since they come directly from the utility companies and give us a simple way to effectively comply with the City of Chicago ordinance.” About MRED Midwest Real Estate Data (MRED) (http://www.mredllc.com) is the real estate data aggregator and distributor providing the Chicagoland multiple listing service (MLS) to nearly 40,000 brokers and appraisers and 8,000 offices. MRED (http://www.mredllc.com) About Elevate Energy Elevate Energy’s (http://www.elevateenergy.org) End
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