{"id":50934,"date":"2021-11-10T16:02:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T00:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/?p=50934"},"modified":"2021-11-10T16:02:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T00:02:08","slug":"know-the-solar-contract-before-buying-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/know-the-solar-contract-before-buying-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Know the solar contract before buying a home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are a lot of reasons to install <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/7-ways-solar-panels-will-save-the-planet-and-make-you-rich\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">solar panels in your home<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. They save you money on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/save-energy-and-the-world\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">energy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> bills, you often receive subsidies from your energy company, and you receive a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/real-estate-tax-deductions\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">tax credit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from the federal government. But they are expensive to install, typically ranging from $10,000 to $40,000. This expense means that many homeowners choose to finance solar panels or, in some cases, never fully own the panels\u2014they lease them from the solar company.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To understand how solar panels can affect you when you <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/home-buyer-checklist-11-basic-steps-to-buying-a-home\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">buy a home<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, first you need to know the different ways homeowners can get solar panels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Cash<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is by far the safest and most cost effective way to purchase solar panels. If a homeowner buys them outright for cash, they can end up <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/affordable-green-home-improvement-ideas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reducing their energy bill<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by upwards of 90 percent depending on the location of their home. While this option is the most expensive upfront (it typically runs $15,000 to $20,000 after government tax credits), homeowners can save up to $30,000 over the course of the panels\u2019 lifespan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Personal loan or home equity loan<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Personal loans work like any normal <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/6-documents-you-need-for-a-mortgage-loan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">bank loan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. A homeowner has to qualify for a certain amount, they lock in an interest rate and loan term, and they agree to make monthly payments on the loan for that term. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/reverse-mortgages\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Home equity loans<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are similar except they allow homeowners to use their home as collateral to obtain the loan. However, if they default on a home equity loan, the bank can seize the home to recoup their money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Solar Loan<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many banks and utility companies now offer specific loans for buying and installing solar panels. These loans work like any other bank loan. If a homeowner opts for a solar loan, they can get a secured or unsecured loan. Secured loans require the homeowner to put up collateral on the loan, usually the house. Unsecured loans don\u2019t require any collateral but usually have more fees and are not tax deductible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Lease<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Also known as a power purchase agreement, when a homeowner can\u2019t afford to buy the panels, they can lease them from the solar company for little or no money upfront. The solar company continues to own the panels and rents them to the homeowner for a fixed term, usually 20 years. They handle all maintenance on the panels and receive all the available tax incentives from the government. In exchange, the homeowner receives a discount on energy, although a much lower discount (10 to 30 percent) than they would from buying the panels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Buying a home with owned or financed solar panels<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/know-the-solar-contract-before-buying-a-home\/blog-solar-panel-contracts\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50935\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-50935\" src=\"https:\/\/movoto.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blog-solar-panel-contracts.jpg\" alt=\"Know the Solar Contract Before Buying a Home\" width=\"736\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You need to take extra care into reading the solar contract when you make an offer on a house with solar panels. Depending on how the homeowner acquired the panels, you could find yourself on the hook for them.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If the panels were bought for cash upfront, they should be included in the cost of the house and shouldn\u2019t cause any additional issues. But don\u2019t assume. They are technically the property of the homeowner, and if it isn\u2019t explicitly stated in your contract that the house comes with the solar panels, they could remove them after they sell. Similarly, if the panels were bought using a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/different-mortgage-loan-terms-mean\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">conventional loan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the seller will be responsible for paying off the loan when they sell the house to you if they plan to leave them. They can also choose to keep the panels when they move.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If they took out a home equity loan for the panels, the lender technically has a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/what-can-you-do-if-someone-puts-a-lien-on-your-home\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">lien<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the house, which can cause issues when you try to secure a mortgage. The seller will have to clear the loan in order to remove the lien and sell the home to you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Buying a home with leased solar panels<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/blog\/know-the-solar-contract-before-buying-a-home\/blog-solar-panel-contracts2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50936\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-50936\" src=\"https:\/\/movoto.kinsta.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/blog-solar-panel-contracts2.jpg\" alt=\"Know the Solar Contract Before Buying a Home\" width=\"734\" height=\"347\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Things get trickier when the solar panels are leased under a power purchase agreement. Be sure to read the solar lease contract thoroughly and talk to the seller about what they plan to do about their solar lease before you put in an offer.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A typical solar lease has a 10- to 20-year term and the lessee can only get out of it if they transfer the contract to the new homeowner, they pay out the remainder of their contract, they buy the panels at the current market rate, or they move the panels to their new home. If they transfer the contract to you, you would be on the hook for the remainder of the lease. Most solar panel lease contracts have a clause that lets the company increase the interest rate up to 3 percent per year, which can alter your debt-to-income ratio and put your mortgage in jeopardy.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before you buy a home with a power purchase agreement, make sure you read the fine print and work out a deal with the seller. If you choose to take on the contract, make sure you know what you\u2019re getting yourself into. When in doubt, always talk to your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movoto.com\/agents\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">real estate agent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> about your options.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of reasons to install solar panels in your home. They save you money on energy bills, you often receive subsidies from your energy company, and you receive a tax credit from the federal government. But they are expensive to install, typically ranging from $10,000 to $40,000. This expense means that many homeowners choose to finance solar panels or, in some cases, never fully own the panels\u2014they lease them from the solar company.\u00a0 To understand how solar panels can affect you when you buy a home, first you need to know the different ways homeowners can get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92],"tags":[157,93,85,213,159],"class_list":["post-50934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-go-green","tag-equity","tag-green-movement","tag-mortgage-loan","tag-solar","tag-taxes","post--single"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Know the solar contract before buying a home<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Solar 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