Green seems to be all the rage lately, and web sites are cropping up all over cyberspace to help green homeowners sell their houses.  I am partial to home marketing on EcoBroker.com, not only because I’m an EcoBroker Certified REALTOR, but also for several other reasons: EcoBroker is gaining international market recognition (and driving traffic to its web site) and the EcoBroker database allows the user to search for specific home features (such as passive solar heating, recycling facilities nearby, or natural ventilation cooling).

Only licensed REALTORS can achieve the EcoBroker designation, so the listing information on EcoBroker is coming from qualified, professional real estate agents.  While the general public cannot post listings on EcoBroker, anyone can search the listings.  Because EcoBroker’s listings are broken down by state, I could not calculate how many home listings appear on the site; however, if I had to guess, I would say there are between 150 and 200 homes listed through EcoBroker.

EcoBroker is not the only site where you can search for your next green home to purchase, though.  Here are a few others:

ListedGreen.com - Self-described as the “MLS for Green, Sustainable, Energy Efficient Homes and Developments Worldwide,” this site appears to be building a clientele.  I found only one home for sale on that site - a listing in Taos, NM.  The cost to list on the site is $20/month, and the listings are personally reviewed for authenticity.

GreenHomesForSale.com - A large, fairly comprehensive site for green homes.  The user can search for homes by category - accessible, green, green pre-fab, healthy, small, solar, rammed earth, strawbale, adobe, and off-the-grid.  You can even search raw land listings.  I found 147 properties listed here, 4 of which are in Virginia (and one is in Copper Hill, about and hour from my office).  The site also features a directory of green REALTORS, builders, and architects.  A standard three-month listing costs $60.

GreenBuilder.com - A pretty simple web site, this site lists homes for sale or rent for $10 per listing.  I found 75 listings on this site, most of which were advertised for sale, not for rent.  This site also has a green professionals directory.

ModernGreenLiving.com - Sleek and contemporary, this web site advertises residential listings for sale or rent through professionals who pay an annual membership fee of $195/year.  There were 100 listings available when I visited today, 4 of which are in Virginia.  As do some of the other sites, ModernGreenLiving offers a directory of green professionals, plus green furnishings from Vivavi.

Natural Spaces Domes.com - Just for dome houses.  There are 24 listings so far, with one in Virginia.  This site charges a one-time listing fee of $25.

Domes.com/sale.html - Resales of Oregon Domes products - 13 listings right now.

These and several other green-homes-for-sale sites are listed at EcoBusinessLinks.  If you know of any other good sites, lemme knowThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it - I’d love to add them to this list!

Aaron Doyle is an ECOBROKER Certified® Realtor. She and her husband live in the Spruce Run area of Newport in Giles County — just west of Blacksburg, Virginia — with their two dogs, Lady and Cassius. This article originally appeared on Aaron’s blog, Living Green.

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