Bigger mortgages for greener homes? Yep, that's right | Adam Vaughan

Welsh scheme will factor in home's energy efficiency into lenders' affordability calculationsBorrowers will be able to take out a bigger mortgage when buying greener properties for the first time, under a pioneering scheme to encourage energy efficiency.Research has found that factoring in the efficiency of a home into lenders' affordability calculations could allow them to increase loans by ?11,500 because buyers' electricity and gas bills will be lower. Continue reading...