The article below discusses the positives of placing solar panels on your home.

http://www.solartoday-digital.org/solartoday/20081112/

This is the digital version of the magazine "Solar Today". To see the article "Real Estate Value of Solar Power", click on the "pages" link. Then, scroll down and click on page 78 which is the page at the very lower left hand portion of the page. The title of this page is "Energy-Saving Q&A's" with Ken Sheinkopf.