GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

He recently co-authored a study called Mortgage Financing in the Face of Rising Climate Risk. Topics covered on this episode: The role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the mortgage market: what happens when mortgage loans get securitized to them? What happens after a large disaster in terms of new loans?

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Solar Power World

APRIL 21, 2020

North Carolina-based Cape Fear Solar Systems is now working with mortgage lenders to give their customers the option to refinance and include their solar projects.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Move from lender's specialist mortgage arm aims to help clients understand their home's energy efficiency and fund improvements Halifax's specialist mortgage arm has today launched a new product designed to spur discussions around energy efficiency between mortgage brokers and people at the start of the homebuying process.

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Business Green

JUNE 4, 2020

Building Society launches new Retro-Fit Mortgage that aims to encourage homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. Saffron Building Society has this week officially launched its first 'green' finance products, debuting a new retro-fit mortgage and dedicated green savings account.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Barclays launches new pilot project to help mortgage customers fund energy efficiency-related home improvements. Barclays has become the latest bank to launch a new green mortgage pilot scheme, today revealing plans to offer a reward of up to £2,000 to customers that undertake selected home energy efficiency improvements.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

Barclays pledges to continue to explore 'pioneering green products' as it launches green mortgage for buy-to-let properties. Barclays has expanded its 'green' products range, launching a new buy-to-let mortgage that offers a discount to customers who are purchasing an energy efficient home.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2022

Ecology Building Society announced last week it has expanded its range of mortgage discounts offered to encourage borrowers to build homes in line with higher energy efficiency standards. It also announced it was increasing the mortgage rate for the initial, construction phase of self-build homes from 4.65 per cent to 4.99

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Mortgage lenders could face targets to achieve an EPC rating of C across their portfolio properties by 2030 under consultation proposals. We will invite views on whether we should take primary powers to introduce a mandatory target to build on action taken by lenders during a voluntary phase," the government said.

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Business Green

JUNE 15, 2020

It also considers the role of energy-efficient mortgages and green loans more broadly in the market and asks whether the EU should develop standards or labels for green consumer finance products. In January 2020, the Bank of England published a working paper called 'Does energy efficiency predict mortgage performance?'

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2021

TSB has this week launched a new Green Additional Borrowing mortgage product service, in a move designed to encourage a wider shift towards lower carbon and more energy efficient homes by offering more competitive rates for mortgage holders who undertake green home improvements.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

Ethical building society releases report looking at environment impact of all its residential mortgage lending. Banks are being urged to deliver greater transparency around the emissions impact of their lending activity, after Ecology Building Society published the industry's first carbon footprint for mortgages.

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altenergymag

APRIL 21, 2020

Solar Now Included During Mortgage Refinancing for Customers of Cape Fear Solar

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2023

Government announces over £4m of funding to support the roll out of 26 green mortgage pilot projects

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 6, 2021

Mortgage Loan Servicing Consultant | Sutherland | Oklahoma City. As a Mortgage Loan Servicing Specialist , you will be working with HUD loans in a fast-paced environment with our team on-site in Oklahoma City. Sutherland Mortgage Services Inc. Job Description. Click here to apply for this position.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2021

m crisis reminiscent of the 2008-09 mortgage crisis or worse. If banks don't integrate climate risk into oversight, expect a banking crisis that could overshadow what happened in 2008.m

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

It follows the issuance of Barclays' first ever green bond in 2017, which was the first from a UK bank earmarked for funding domestic residential mortgage assets, and last year the bank pledged to increase its green bonds commitment to £4bn over time, as well as pledging to deliver £100bn green financing by 2030.

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FuelCellsWorks

JANUARY 11, 2024

Former EVP Operations and CFO of Fannie Mae, CEO of GE Capital Asset Management and EVP and General Manager of GE Capital Mortgage Services joins company as it prepares to.

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TechXplore

MARCH 13, 2024

Teslas and Polestars are expensive, leaving them as playthings for wealthier Australians and out of reach for the mortgage belt. Until now, you might have thought of electric vehicles as inner suburban toys.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 25, 2024

Pune, India-based Altum Credo provides mortgages for first-time homebuyers underserved by other financial institutions. Its digital underwriting and loan disbursement process offers five. The post Indian home lender Altum Credo’s $40 million round gives investors a partial exit appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Renew Economy

MARCH 13, 2023

On the other, Safeguard has some eerie parallels to the subprime mortgage crisis. On the one hand, there are some pretty neat features of the legislation. The post Safeguard Mechanism: The good, the bad and the downright ugly appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Floods and rising sea levels could wipe £525bn of value from the cost of UK property by 2100 and put homeowners across the country at significant risk of defaulting on their mortgages, climate risk analyst firm XDI has warned. It also recommends that mortgage lenders require "comprehensive insurance" for high-risk properties.

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Energy Central

MARCH 6, 2023

When everyone believes they are correct despite the extreme reality… GERMÁN & CO A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, one of the shattering realities explained in this headline from the Spanish newspaper El País: "Households must spend 38 % of their income on mortgage payments, the most in 10 years.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 16, 2020

ImpactAlpha, June 16 – California-based Haus helps homeowners restructure their mortgages, rather than refinance. The company “co-invests in the home,” taking a portion of the equity, giving homeowners liquidity and helping them lower monthly mortgage payments.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

It also offers insights on a range of domestic clean technology innovations, such as low carbon heating systems, solar panels, energy storage units, and climate resilience measures, all of which can play a role in mortgage applications as growing numbers of lenders look to offer competitive green mortgages.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 12, 2020

billion pledged last year to originate 40,000 mortgages for Black and Latinx households over the next five years. ImpactAlpha, Oct. 12 – JPMorgan Chase is touting $30 billion in commitments to close the racial wealth gap. JPMorgan Chase will add $8 billion to $4.2 The bank also will boost lending to Black and Latinx small.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

And whilst 81% say that spray foam in a property influences the advice they give to mortgage lenders, over half (52%) of these surveyors also said they have no reservations about spray foam.

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Green Living Guy

JULY 7, 2020

Whether you’re a homeowner, buying a property to let, or investing in a second holiday let mortgage; planing a sustainable home can both save costs and yield high returns. Building and renovating eco-friendly homes always makes good economic sense.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 26, 2022

It is the industry’s first tool to calculate discounted cash flow using certified contractor data, NREL software to calculate solar production numbers, and an API to Freddie Mac’s 30-year mortgage… The post The ins and outs of Pearl’s new tool to accurately capture value of residential solar appeared first on Solar Power World. (..)

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Projects will include affordable housing development, mortgage lending, health facilities and medical practices, minority-owned depository institutions, as. Proceeds from the five-year bond will be used to invest in initiatives having a positive impact on Black and Brown communities.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Pilot project to harness green mortgage incentives and government grant scheme to slash cost of new air source heat pumps. Octopus Energy and Lloyds Banking Group have today announced a new pilot scheme that will see Halifax mortgage customers offered air source heat pumps for installation from as little as £2,000.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

ImpactAlpha, November 2 – Iroquois Valley Farmland Trust encourages farmers to shift to organic practices with access to capital, mortgages and long-term land leases. Rodale Institute, an agricultural research nonprofit, invested $2 million from its endowment and operating budget in the Evanston, Ill.-based based real estate investment trust.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 12, 2020

Tags: financial impacts of climate change Senator Sheldon Whitehouse green swan events subprime mortgage scandal

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Mosaic

JANUARY 16, 2020

The last thing you want is a call from your buyer’s mortgage lender saying they can’t proceed because they believe there’s a lien on your property—and it’s related to the loan you took out to install your solar panels. Though unfortunate, this is a common misunderstanding made by mortgage lenders who lack experience with solar loans.

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Business Green

APRIL 24, 2023

Partnership to offer Barclays mortgage customers 50 per cent off price of Hive smart heating control system

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

It came yesterday as green mortgage provider Ecology Building Society revealed it had secured £3m of investment through an issue of Core Capital Deferred Shares (CCDS). The compamy, which boasted more than $198m in assets at the end of 2019, provides green mortgages for energy-efficient buildings and building renovations.

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Energy Central

MARCH 17, 2022

Be it investment, lending and mortgages, be it private equity and trade finance – no asset class out there is untouched of questions.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 13, 2021

ImpactAlpha, April 14 — Green projects and e-mortgages could help tackle Mexico’s severe affordable housing shortage, create jobs and accelerate economic recovery, according. The post IFC backs FHipo to help Mexican families secure financing for affordable housing appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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