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Energy | Energy Disclosure | Environmental Due Diligence | SBA Real Estate Finance

How LEED Can Help You Qualify For SBA 504 Funding

Posted on by tessehoekstra

The US Small Business Association (SBA) recently made some changes to its 504 Loan Program. The program, which offers loans with low down payments and low, fixed long-term interest rates, normally requires that borrowers have projects that will deliver certain public benefits such as job creation and a number of community development goals.  But, the…

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Energy | Engineering Due Diligence | Environmental Due Diligence

Solar Due Diligence

Posted on by Gerard Genna

Taking a look at how a thorough transactional due diligence assessment can help you make better decisions in the solar market. Are you buying, selling or financing a solar Photovoltaic (PV) facility? The solar industry has evolved rapidly from 2006, and the bustle of activity surrounding this renewable energy source continues.  Today, the costs of…

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Energy | Fannie Mae | Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae | HUD | Multi-Family

HERS II Rating System used to qualify for California TCAC and CDLAC, low income tax credits and private debt.

Posted on by jmandler

Affordable housing sponsors and developers seeking to utilize tax credits or private activity bonds through California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) and the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee (CDLAC), respectively, for rehabilitation projects must reduce the projects’ energy consumption. The energy reduction must be documented by submitting the California Energy Commission HERS II energy consumption…

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