To owners of multifamily buildings and other rental properties, the words “green retrofit” can take on a couple of different meanings. There’s the obvious environmental benefits – but also the green it takes to make the necessary upgrades. Green retrofits can be very expensive, so there 1) must be a clear ROI for making the […]

Fannie Mae recently rolled out the HomeStyle Energy mortgage, a  new option for borrowers who want to finance energy-efficiency improvements to their home, such as windows or doors. Borrowers who are buying a home and want to improve its energy efficiency can now get up to 15 percent of the as-completed appraised value of the home to use for the upgrades. […]

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says the bipartisan legislation introduced this week by Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) is an important first step in moving the dialogue forward on overhauling the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the U.S. housing finance system. The Housing Finance Reform and […]