PD&R Periodicals: ResearchWorks – Volume 5 Number 10

I’ve written before about Energy Efficient Mortgages. The folks I spoke with at HUD felt the product was not particularly successful for reasons such as lender acceptance, difficulty of estimating savings, and general disinterest.

Now comes HUD ResearchWorks to highlight a renewed push via the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. In addition to the usual ‘tasking of HUD’ laundry list, HERA 2008 increases the approved cost of the energy efficiency upgrades to 5% of the property value from the previous cap of $8000.

I am hoping to catch up with some more HUD folks either at NBM or at December’s EcoBuild and provide additional information.