On the face of it, mandatory energy audits may seem ideal for giving home buyers a grip on a prospective home’s energy costs and a way for them to make apples-to-apples comparisons among properties.
Some city and state governments have put forward proposals that would require homeowners to get an audit or energy score before selling a home.
But there are unintended consequences of mandatory energy audits, and REALTOR® organizations have fought against such measures in the handful of places that have proposed them.
