Thursday, August 21, 2025
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PACE Energy Efficiency Mortgages Still Risky Despite New Department of Energy Guidelines

New best practices guidelines released today by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) mortgages could encourage states and localities to begin to address some of the growing problems and potential for abuse in this market. The new guidelines are a significant improvement from earlier guidelines but far stronger, enforceable protections are needed to ensure true energy savings and to protect homeowners

Business Real Estate Press Releases

Rebecca Jensen, President and CEO of MRED

MRED Becomes First MLS to Lead National Relaunch of Broker Public...

Broker Public Portal (BPP), the industry-led initiative formed by brokerages and multiple listing services (MLSs) to deliver a transparent, accurate, and consumer-first home search experience,

Recent Gov & Nonprofit Real Estate Press Releases

Heinrich, Warnock, Daines, Justice Introduce Legislation to Protect Communities from Increasingly...

U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation alongside U.S. Senators Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Jim Justice (R-W.Va.) to increase technology transfer at the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), allowing for small-diameter trees to be turned into wood products for timber companies to purchase and put to commercial use, generating revenue for the USFS, instead of being disposed of as waste