Want to estimate your monthly energy bill in a new home — before you buy it? This new service may help.
Written By Shannon Lo
Source: MarketWatch | By Aarthi Swaminathan
A new feature from a brokerage can help home shoppers estimate monthly utilities payments
Home shoppers often try to estimate the cost of monthly utilities payments for prospective homes by quizzing real-estate agents. A new feature offered by a brokerage should help demystify that number.
“It’s a terrific idea,” Mark Toney, executive director at the consumer-advocacy group Utility Reform Network, told MarketWatch. “It’s an absolutely essential part of a home.”
Toney said that the next big step would be to include estimated insurance costs.
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