Sentences with phrase «mandatory home energy audits»

The poll found that 70 per cent of Ontario homeowners think that mandatory home energy audits will deter homeowners from selling their home, having a detrimental effect on the real estate sector and the Ontario economy.

Mandatory home energy audits are once again in the news thanks to a recent report from Gord Miller, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario.

First, mandatory home energy audits will have serious cost implications for home sellers.

Research has shown that consumers don't support mandatory home energy audits.

While his intentions are admirable, Mr. Miller's conclusions regarding mandatory home energy audits are flawed.

According to a 2009 Ipsos Reid survey, 65 per cent of Ontarians opposed mandatory home energy audits while 92 per cent supported voluntary.

* Mandatory home energy audits — discouraging the government from enacting mandatory home energy audits of old and new housing stock at the time of sale.

«Home buyers and sellers can expect to pay eight per cent more on legal fees, appraisals, real estate commissions, condo fees, home inspection fees, moving costs and the provincial government's recently introduced system of mandatory home energy audits,» says OREA.

The legislation itself is hardly unprecedented — other jurisdictions such as Germany and the United Kingdom have already implemented mandatory home energy audits, and reported quite a bit of success with their programs.

Canada's largest province has made it clear that mandatory home energy audits will soon be a fact of life in the Ontario real estate market.

Canada's largest province has made it clear that mandatory home energy audits will soon be a fact of life in the Ontario real estate...

After the GEA passed in 2010, the government decided not to proclaim the mandatory home energy audit section.

Not exact matches

In his report, Mr. Miller asserts that homebuyers are hurt by the lack of energy efficiency information in the marketplace and that mandatory home audits are one solution to this problem.

Ontario's provincial government backed away from imposing mandatory energy audits on the sale of every home.