Does home energy use info result in smarter home-buying decisions?
Home inspections to ensure safety and structural soundness long have been part of the home-buying process.
Home inspections to ensure safety and structural soundness long have been part
of the home-buying process and real-estate taxes and home insurance costs regularly have been accounted for in mortgage underwriting calculations. But one major cost to homeowners has been left in the dark at the time of sale — the cost of the energy needed to run a new home.