<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">I second Bob-O's comments, with anecdotal experience...<br><br>Several years ago, during the worst of the real estate slump, the house next to<br>ours was on the market for a VERY long time. A Re-Max broker showing the house<br>one weekend saw the PV and DHW on our home. When the prospective buyers left,<br>the broker came over, identified herself, and asked if we had "solar" on our home.<br>I replied we did. She asked if we were interested in selling our home. We weren't,<br>but curious as to what prompted her query .. I asked.<br><br>She replied they'd had two grid-tied solar homes in their inventory earlier that year.<br><br>During a time when homes were typically on the market for 12-18 months, she told me<br>both homes sold within 48 hours *because* they were already "solar" .. and she was<br>looking for
more.<br><br><br>Dan<br><br><br>--- On Wed, 3/23/11, Bob-O Schultze <bob-o@electronconnection.com> wrote:<br><br>> From: Bob-O Schultze <bob-o@electronconnection.com><br>> Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Value of PV system to a home<br>> To: "RE-wrenches" <re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org><br>> Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2011, 11:41 AM<br>> Regardless of the valuation placed on<br>> a PV or SHW system, a "green" real estate broker I know<br>> tells me that in the current market, having either or both<br>> of those on a home significantly increases the chance of the<br>> home actually selling rather than sitting on the market<br>> forever.<br>> It's hard to imagine that anyone really wants to sell their<br>> home into this market, but for those folks who must for<br>> whatever reasons, that's a big deal.<br>> Bob-O<br><br>> <br></td></tr></table><br>