If there is a lease for the panels all pertinent documentation must be reviewed to make sure these is nothing that can impair freddie mac s first lien position per 22 3 of the guide.
Fhlmc solar panels.
Properties with solar panels freddie mac purchases mortgages secured by properties with solar panels if the mortgages meet the following property eligibility requirements.
This includes property assessed clean energy pace obligations that may result in a first lien priority at delinquency.
I properties with solar panels owned by the borrower if the borrower owns the solar panels on the property.
Properties with solar panels.
Effective for mortgages with settlement dates on and after march 1 2017.
Used to finance energy conservation.
A pace obligation refers to any energy retrofit loan that is.
Solar panels properties with leased or borrower owned solar panels are eligible as long as all fhlmc requirements are met.
Homeowner interest in solar panel systems has grown in the past decade and we have begun to receive questions from sellers about the eligibility of mortgages secured by properties with solar panels.
A property subject to a lien that has or may take a priority position is not eligible for sale to freddie mac.
To learn more start with our requirements for properties with solar panels in guide section 5601 2.
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