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Making the GreenCHOICE to Drive Home Affordability
Freddie Mac Single-Family Home Starts Here
English - April 26, 2021 12:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsInvesting Business News Business News freddie mac freddie mac home starts here home starts here single-family single family Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Reducing home utility costs places families in a better financial situation and helps preserve home affordability over time. Since the first Earth Day in 1970, changes in building codes have made homes much more efficient, cutting energy use by 47%, but a lack of energy efficiency can still be the highest cost of homeownership outside of the mortgage loan. In this episode, we discuss tools that allow lenders and appraisers the ability to rate the energy performance of homes and how to affordably reduce costs through energy efficiency upgrades.