Even if your home is for sale in a buyer's market, you still need every competitive advantage you can muster.

And real estate experts agree: one of the best ways to leverage this advantage is to show potential home buyers the results of a home energy audit and – to underscore your seriousness – that your attic is properly insulated.

“While a home energy audit might not be at the top of your to-do list when getting your home market-ready, it should be,” say the experts at Trulia. “An energy-efficient house is an attractive house.”

Actually, an audit can be more than attractive: sellers who provide an audit and proof of ample attic insulation to potential buyers can demand – and get – a higher price for their homes.

Attic insulation in Las Vegas can play a big role in audit reports

A home energy audit identifies those places where your home may be losing energy, from the attic to the basement. It also recommends where repairs and improvements can be made. Often, the reports point to a dearth of attic insulation in Las Vegas – and a recommendation to replace or install more to boost a home's energy efficiency.

While homeowners can make inroads with a do-it-yourself home energy audit, there is no substitute for a professional audit. Think of it as akin to the difference between popping open the hood of your car with the hope of spotting problems and taking your car to a professional technician,  who performs a comprehensive diagnostic test with specialized tools. For example, many home energy auditors employ a blower door test and a thermographic scan, which provides a probing picture of a home, room by room.

The U.S. Department of Energy pulls no punches: “A professional home energy audit is the best way to determine where your home is losing energy and where you can save” money.

Home energy audits appeal to potential buyers

When you look at a home energy audit from the perspective of a home buyer, it's easy to see why it can expedite the sale of a home, real estate experts say. An audit:

• Enables the seller to make improvements or, if time doesn't allow between the purchase and closing, the buyer to make them. A home energy audit offers a degree of transparency about a home to buyers, who are known to fret, understandably, about a home's infrastructure. One important improvement -- installing attic insulation in Las Vegas -- is one project that should be handled by professionals. 
• Enables the buyer to relish lower energy bills. In fact, the department of energy estimates that improvements spawned by a professional home energy audit can reduce an energy bill by as much as 30 percent a year. For the seller, these savings could warrant a higher asking price; the Residential Energy Services Network says that the market value of a home increases by $20 for every $1 reduction in annual energy costs.
• Sets a home apart from other homes on the market without one. Just as “smoker's homes” can be deal breakers among people who are persnickety about indoor air quality, homes presented with an accompanying energy audit can be “deal makers” among buyers with upper respiratory problems or those who live with young children or elderly parents.

You can bet that a home energy auditor will thoroughly inspect your attic insulation. Auditors know: attic insulation in Las Vegas helps keep a home cool in the summer and warm in the winter – all while keeping energy bills in check. An under-insulated attic, meanwhile, can result in staggering energy losses, not to mention a general degree of discomfort.

With a home for sale, you're probably sweating enough as it is. You shouldn't have to sweat the status of your attic insulation. When you need – and want – every competitive advantage you can muster to sell your home, call First Quality Roofing & Insulation at 702-262-7847.