Choice Home Warranty Official Blog

• Homes on the market with a home warranty included sell on average 50% faster than homes without. – National Home Warranty Association
  
• Homes with home warranties return a sales price that averages 3% higher. – Business Week Magazine
  
• 8 out of 10 buyers prefer to buy a home with a home warranty. – Gallup Poll
  
• In 2002, 9 out of 10 California homes sold had home warranty coverage. – Home Warranty Association of California, 2003
  
•  Nationwide, home warranty use is rising with housing trends. – Washington Times, August 2003
  
• The average life expectancy of nine critical appliances/home systems is 13 years, and the likelihood of failure of one of these systems in a given year is 68%. – Home Repair and Remodel, Marshall & Swift L.P., 2004
  
• Homeowners spend an average of $900 each year to repair home systems and appliances. – Consumer Expenditure Survey 2002, U.S. Census
  
• A home system or appliance repair can range from $65 to $2,000 and replacement averages $1,085. – Home Repair and Remodel, Marshall & Swift L.P., 2004

Your home warranty is only as good as the home warranty company that represents you.  While no home warranty company covers every claim since some claims do fall outside of the home warranty contract guidelines, reputable home warranty companies will work with you to help you get back on track.  Even if it’s not covered under our home warranty contract, a good home warranty company will provide you with a referral to a service contractor that can help you with your claim. You can expect the home warranty company to alleviate your problem in any way they can.   

Make sure you have reviewed your contract and home warranty coverage before you utilize it to understand what is covered and what is not. When you purchase your home warranty, consider premium and optional coverage to customize the plan to fit your needs.  A home warranty can be very beneficial and save you money when it is understood and used for its intended purpose, which is to cover systems and appliances for normal wear and tear, that were in working condition before the contract took effect.

ENERGY STAR is a joint program of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy helping us all save money and protect the environment through energy efficient products and practices.  Did you know that the average home spends about $2,200 on energy bills every year? Change to appliances that have earned the ENERGY STAR, and you can save $75 a year in energy costs, while saving the environment.

Choice Home Warranty is proud to announce the CHW Green program.  This program covers replacement of covered major systems and appliances with ENERGY STAR qualified products.  ENERGY STAR qualified products can include a variety of energy-efficient features that contribute to improved home quality and homeowner comfort, in addition to lower energy demand and reduced air pollution.

Increasing energy demand, global climate change, and constrained energy supplies are likely to impact how energy affects your home in the future. Is your household prepared for the energy challenges that lie ahead? Choice Home Warranty will help alleviate some of those concerns. 

To read more about Choice Home Warranty and the CHW Green program, please visit http://www.choicehomewarranty.com/chw_green.php.