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As it turned out, none of those were the real reasons the home continued to sit on the market at a time when real estate was in short supply, and houses in high demand. Rather, it's because of those archaic and conservative institutions known as banks. Not one is willing to give a mortgage to an off-grid house.
about $5,200 a year finance. $100 a week -- about $5,200 a year -- would have turned into over $841,000 over the past 28-plus years. Sep 8, 2021
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Read More »Leaving the grid isn’t as easy as packing a bag, moving to a piece of land, throwing up a couple of solar panels, and kicking back. Last March, as we began the process of buying an already built home that was off-grid in southwestern Nova Scotia, we didn’t anticipate the problem we’d encounter. When we first saw the place online, both my wife and I were convinced someone would quickly snap it up. It was beyond scenic; with its warm wood interior, high ceiling, and open space, it epitomized cabin porn. On the real estate website it was listed on, the house was racking up hundreds of hits daily. Surely, it wouldn’t stay on the market long enough for us to get it; after all, we had to wait a year before we could realistically make an offer on it. But the house didn’t move, and we began to rationalize its problems. With only one bedroom and one bathroom, and the rest of the property open concept, we figured the house wasn’t suitable for a family, and it was likely too expensive for a first-time buyer. As well, the property sat far back in the woods, its front yard a weedy, uncared-for section of scrub littered with torn stumps from logging on the land over a decade ago. That would discourage prospective purchasers with money who would, if they’re intending to fork over a sizable amount, prefer that everything be move-in ready. As it turned out, none of those were the real reasons the home continued to sit on the market at a time when real estate was in short supply, and houses in high demand. Rather, it’s because of those archaic and conservative institutions known as banks. Not one is willing to give a mortgage to an off-grid house. I called our bank to ask about getting a mortgage on the house; this is, after all, an institution that has featured solar panels previously and prominently in its advertising. The adviser I spoke with flat out told me: No, a mortgage was out of the question. I pointed out that most of our finances were invested with the bank, including our current mortgage for our suburban home. Nope. Not possible. Every other bank and credit union responded the same way. We’re not the only ones who faced that conundrum. In 2018 on the greenbuildingadvisor.com forum, a prospective off-gridder wrote: “I have my heart set on an off-grid house in Ontario, Canada. I thought it would be a relatively easy purchase but every mortgage broker that has looked into it has come back saying that the bank will not finance an off-grid house. I don’t know if it’s worth it to try again, but that means multiple credit checks, which is not the best, either.” One response she received on the forum was: “… Forget about CMHC (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation), despite what they might say, they are not interested in off-grid homes. It's about marketability. They don't care about sustainability or any green initiatives. We just found that out trying to get pre-approved to buy an off-grid post-and-beam, straw bale home. It's always about the money. Don't fool yourself.”
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Read More »According to a mortgage broker who looked into financing for us, the issue is the banks look at the house as a liability that in the case of a foreclosure, they wouldn’t be able to unload again. Loans Canada, another mortgage broker, backs up this assertion, pointing out lenders look at mortgages for rural properties as “among the riskiest to banks due to a number of factors,” including the fact such a property may be harder to resell because of its remote location.
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Read More »We have removed the bulk of fossil fuels from our home. The exceptions are the propane-fired range, and the propane gas clothes dryer. Our water is a gravity-fed system from the brook out back; everything else is run off of solar or wood heat. We also increased our green practices markedly after moving to the house, installing garden beds to grow our own food, getting chickens, using coffee grounds and eggshells for the gardens, saving paper and cardboard waste as starter for the stove, and so on. Magnify these actions by the number of people willing to go off-grid, and suddenly we might see a real change in emissions into the atmosphere. But for that to happen, the banks are going to have to step up and assist people with the financing. The banks might have to do something revolutionary: Instead of looking out for their bottom line and profit margins, they will have to become service-oriented, helping people realize their green dreams while contributing to a more sustainable future. Imagine that. In fact, it only makes sense as we watch the planet heat up more with every passing year that any new home or building should be mandated to be off-grid, not just rurally, but particularly in the urban centres. Not only that, but incentive programs should be set in place to convert existing properties, and banks directed to help underwrite the mortgages. While power utilities undoubtedly wouldn’t favour such a development, such policies would act as tremendous catalysts of change, helping reduce carbon emissions, and, perhaps, extending the life of our green planet that much longer.
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