“Greening” the MLS

With the booming demand for energy efficient, green, sustainable housing; efforts are underway to comprehensively “green the MLS”.  Although most professionals and consumers would agree that the MLS is not adequate for buyers who demand such specific features (especially with single family re-sale property) or sellers who wish to differentiate or realize improvement value, the current MLS does maintain many parameters that can focus your search.  The example below illustrates a few MLS database fields with specific green parameters highlighted.  The entire list is available here, Austin, TX – MLS Green Inputs.

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