Refinance Your Mortgage with an Energy Efficient Mortgage

Find Out Where YOUR Home is Losing Energy:

How would you like to refinance your mortgage with a loan where the interest is tax-deductable, and it allows you to make upgrades to your home that improve your comfort and save money on your energy bills. With an energy efficient mortgage, you get the benefit of mortgage refinancing, and you can take advantage of energy saving options that were previously available only with new homes. Energy efficient mortgage refinancing allows you to spend more money on your home because you're paying less on your monthly energy bills.

Finding a Lender for Your Energy Efficient Mortgage

How do you find a lender to refinance with an energy efficient mortgage? When meeting with mortgage lenders, let them know that you want to refinance your mortgage with an energy efficient loan, and request a copy of the Good Faith Estimate. You'll use the Good Faith Estimate to compare offers and choose the energy efficient mortgage that best fits your needs.

Need a HERS Rating for Your Home

To qualify for an energy efficient loan, you'll need a certified Energy Rater to perform a Home Energy Rating Systems (HERS) rating of your home. The energy rater will perform a thorough assessment of the energy efficiency of your home, and determine its energy efficiency rating on the HERS Index. The assessment includes recommendations for energy saving upgrades to your home, along with estimated energy savings and energy costs after the upgrades are completed. You will need to provide this report to your lender.

How It Works

You decide which of the recommended improvements you'd like to undertake, and the energy efficient mortgage loan is used to pay for them. Once you're approved for the loan, your lender will establish an escrow account to pay for the repairs and upgrades to your home. When the work is completed, the contractors are paid from the funds held in escrow and the escrow account is dissolved.

Win, Win, Win

With energy efficient mortgage refinancing, you can have a net savings each month by saving more on your energy bills than the cost of the loan. And don't forget, the energy efficient mortgage loan is tax-deductable. The energy saving upgrades can also increase the value of your home, giving you additional equity while doing your part for the environment.

Home Energy Efficiency Tips:

General Energy Saving Solutions The Energy Star Program
Simple Energy Saving Strategies Home Insulation
Home Assessment Overview Energy Features, Green Your Home
Energy Efficiency Mortgages & Grants Energy Efficient Mortgage

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