VA EEU’s for the Purchase or Refinance of your home!
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Read MoreCosan Homes offers advisory services to Active Military, Veterans, and Veterans Spouses regarding the benefits of Energy Efficiency Upgrades (EEU), for Energy Efficiency Mortgages (EEM) home purchases or refinance. Cosan Homes is an organization established by Veterans for Veterans. We offer our advisory services to Active Military personnel and Veterans who are ready to succeed in homeownership.
The main reason why we do this is that we have been there ourselves. One of our partners that started Cosan Homes is a 23-year military Veteran. He used the EEM program to help finance his energy efficiency window upgrades. Without the proper agency to advise and guide him, he found the experience disheartening, stressful, and confusing. He was finally able to replace his windows in Florida and rolled $8,000 into his EEM VA mortgage. We believed that there should be an “easier way”.
Cosan was born out of that mission– to help Active Military, Veterans, and Veterans Spouses become homeowners by using our EEU program. Cosan Homes is the “easier way”.
Energy Efficiency Upgrades (EEU) is a benefit program linked with the VA EEM Program. The Veterans Administration Energy Efficient Mortgage Program (VA EEM Program) is a special loan program that helps homeowners finance the cost of EEUs. Veterans use EEU benefits when purchasing an Older Home or Refinancing.
ENERGY EFFICIENT UPGRADES
VA EEM applicants who qualify can add the cost of Energy Efficiency Upgrades (EEU) into their home purchase or refinance loan. This means VA EEM applicants that meet the requirements can purchase an older home with confidence, and have these
Energy Efficiency Upgrades added to their home loan:
New Hurricane windows and doors
Cold Climate Insulation for walls, ceilings, attics, floors and water heaters
Energy efficiency thermostats – controlled via cell phone
Solar tiles installed on the roof for solar heating and cooling systems
On-demand water heaters – electric, gas, and propane
Energy efficiency furnace upgrades and modifications
Caulking and weather-stripping
This program allows Veterans to roll these costs into the EEM mortgage. This means not waiting to build equity, or use savings for energy upgrades or take a personal loan or 2nd mortgage.
VA EEM offers 3 EEU Levels or Tiers which must meet Underwriting Consideration:
Improvements totaling $0 – $3,000: Veterans must include contractors quote which details the scope of work, labor and material cost for upgrades to be considered.
Improvements totaling $3,001 – $6,000: Underwriting Consideration. Veterans must qualify for an added increase in the mortgage. The energy-efficient benefit must be well documented according to VA and Lenders requirements and guidelines.
Improvements of $6,001 and up: Underwriting Consideration: This is a consideration when lenders are asked to approve EEU that adds more than 20% to the mortgage loan. The Veteran must financially qualify for an added increase in the mortgage. The energy-efficient benefits must be well documented according to VA and Lenders requirements and guidelines
If the work is not completed within 6 months, the lender may open an escrow account to process EEU payments.
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