'Green' trend pops up in real estate search

ShackPrices.com, a real estate search site for Seattle and surrounding areas, this week added a new feature enabling people to search homes along mass transit lines in King County. At a time when gas prices in the U.S. are expected to hit $4 a gallon for the first time, for some people this is a pretty innovative way to think about searching for a house.
Galen Ward, co-founder of ShackPrices, said, "We're giving home buyers the opportunity to find a home that should substantially increase in value when transit lines are complete. Homes within 500 feet of rail lines are worth as much as $40,000 more than similar homes just a little farther away."

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