By Graham Wood | National Association of Realtors
Most of us — really, all of us, but I’m saving room for the diehard skeptics — can agree that environmental changes are having a large-scale impact on our planet. But “environmental issues” isn’t a phrase easily uttered in the real estate community without hue and cry. Many practitioners react negatively to topics of environmental significance, and it’s somewhat understandable. Environmental interests can potentially derail real estate projects and transactions as our society becomes more conscious of how development affects the Earth’s well being. But even if there’s conflict between the two, they’re also intertwined: The environment can have huge implications for how desirable a property is to buyers. So shouldn’t you, as a person who sells property, care about the environment?
