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Selling A Home with a Solar Lease
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Selling A Home with a Solar LeaseDaniel Dobbs2025-03-07T18:07:40-08:00
Suppose you’re a seller contemplating selling a home with solar panels.
In that case, you’ll need to know the basic lending guidelines (that apply to any future buyers) before you go through the aggravation of listing your home!
Sellers have only one option: to pay off the solar lease(s) at the close of escrow, which most sellers can’t or are reluctant to do.
That’s because the lease is really a lien (on title ) and has a “super-priority lien” position that can be found on the title company’s prelim.
In other words, PACE /Hero liens are given “first position” status on the homeowner’s mortgage, so if the homeowner later wants to refinance the mortgage, seek a loan modification, or sell the home, they’ll be forced to pay off the entire solar lien first.
As a seller, not disclosing either of these 2 types of leases, crashes the transaction may have legal ramifications for your agent and your broker.
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