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Solar Financing in Dallas Fort Worth

Loans, home equity lines, prepaid leases, and ownership structures, explained plainly. We work with Texas lenders and tax equity partners so you can choose the path that fits your credit, your equity, and your plans for the house.

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20 yr

Most Chosen Term

20 to 35%

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How Texas Homeowners Actually Pay for Solar

Going solar should lower your energy costs from day one, and the right financing plan is what makes that possible. Whether you live in Plano, Frisco, Arlington, Fort Worth or anywhere across Texas, Good Faith Energy offers flexible solar financing options with low monthly payments, so you can start saving without a large upfront investment.

Our team walks you through every option side by side for your exact system, from long-term solar loans and HELOCs to prepaid leases and third-party ownership. As an installer rather than a lender, our only goal is to find the plan that fits your budget and maximizes your savings. Below you will find each program we offer, who it is best for, and answers to the questions homeowners ask us most.

Lending Partners We Work With

Terms and pricing move with the market, so we quote them live rather than publish numbers that go stale. What does not change is the structure of each product and who it suits.

Most chosen in DFW

Credit Human

A member owned Texas credit union that has financed renewable energy for decades. The 20 year term is what most of our homeowners select. Three free reamortizations let you reset your payment after a lump sum, and there is no prepayment penalty if you decide to clear the balance early.

  • 20 year term most popular
  • Three free reamortizations
  • No prepayment penalty
  • $0 down available
Flexible credit review

Clean Energy Fund of Texas

A Texas based fund created to widen access to clean energy. Underwriting weighs your full credit history instead of a hard score cutoff, and terms are quoted individually. This is the path we point homeowners toward when a traditional lender says no.

  • Built for lower credit scores
  • Texas focused program
  • Case by case underwriting
  • Same installation standards
Newest option

Figure Home Flex HELOC

A home equity line of credit we recently added for homeowners sitting on equity after years of North Texas appreciation. Draw what the project needs, keep the rest of the line available, and bundle solar with a roof replacement or electrical panel upgrade under one facility.

  • Uses existing home equity
  • Revolving line, not a fixed loan
  • Covers solar plus roofing work
  • Fast online origination

Prepaid Leases and Third Party Ownership

Residential buyers cannot always reach the incentives available to a commercial owner. A prepaid lease closes that gap. A tax equity partner owns the array during the initial term, claims the incentives a business can claim, and hands that value back to you as a credit against project cost, typically somewhere between 20 and 35 percent depending on the system and the provider.

In practice it feels like ownership from day one. The energy is yours, monitoring and performance obligations sit with the owner, and at the end of the term the system can transfer into your name. For homeowners with little tax appetite, this is often the cheapest honest route to solar in North Texas.

HDM Renewables

A tax equity partner that takes ownership of the system for the initial term, captures the commercial incentive value, and passes it through to you as an upfront credit on project cost.

Participate Energy

A prepaid lease provider offering the same structure with its own underwriting and monitoring. Between the two we can usually find a fit for most rooftops we design in the Metroplex.

Ownership Structures with MIDAS Wealth

Some of our clients own rental property, run a small business out of the house, or already hold assets in an entity. For them, MIDAS Wealth helps establish an LLC that can hold the solar asset so the commercial credit is claimable at tax time rather than left on the table.

This is a coordinated effort between MIDAS, your CPA, and our design team, because the structure has to be in place before the system is energized. Good Faith Roofing builds and services the system. We do not provide tax or legal advice, and we will always tell you to run the structure past your own advisor first.

Which Path Fits Your Situation

You want to own the system outright

Credit Human loan or Figure HELOC

Your credit history has some bruises

Clean Energy Fund of Texas

You want the lowest possible upfront number

Prepaid lease through HDM or Participate

You already have significant home equity

Figure Home Flex HELOC

You run a business or hold property in an entity

MIDAS Wealth ownership structure

None of these are locked the moment you ask a question. We routinely run two paths in parallel and let a homeowner pick once the approvals are back and the payments are on paper next to their current Oncor delivery charges.

Why Financing Looks Different in North Texas

The Metroplex sits in a deregulated retail electricity market, so your energy charge can change every time a plan renews while the delivery charges from Oncor keep climbing on their own schedule. A fixed solar payment is one of the only parts of a Texas energy bill you can actually pin down for the long run, which is why so many homeowners here compare a loan payment against a moving utility bill rather than against zero.

Home values across Collin, Denton, Dallas, and Tarrant counties have also risen sharply, which is what makes an equity product like the Figure Home Flex HELOC realistic for families who bought before the run up. And because Texas exempts the added home value created by a solar system from property tax, funding a project here does not create a tax consequence the way an equivalent improvement might.

One more local wrinkle: summer peak pricing and grid stress mean a large share of our customers add battery storage. Batteries change the financed amount, so we always price the system with and without storage before you commit to a term.

What the Financing Process Looks Like

1

Usage and Design

We pull twelve months of Oncor or TNMP usage and build a system sized to your actual load, not a template.

2

Options Side by Side

You see each path priced out on the same system so the comparison is apples to apples.

3

Application

One short application per lender, most with a same day answer and a soft pull to start.

4

Documents and Build

Funding documents sign electronically, then permitting, install, and utility interconnection begin.

5

First Payment After PTO

Payments are generally timed near permission to operate so you are not paying for a system that is not switched on.

Solar Financing FAQs

Can I finance solar in Dallas Fort Worth with no money down?

Yes. Most of the lenders we work with in Texas offer a $0 down structure, so the first money you spend on the project is your first monthly payment rather than a large deposit. Homeowners who prefer to put money down usually do so to shorten the term or lower the payment.

Which lender do most Good Faith Roofing customers choose?

Credit Human is the most common choice in our market, and the 20 year term is the one most homeowners land on. It allows three free reamortizations over the life of the loan and carries no prepayment penalty, which gives you room to pay the balance down and reset the payment without refinancing.

What is a reamortization and why does it matter?

A reamortization recalculates your monthly payment against your remaining balance. If you make a large payment toward the loan, for example after a tax refund or a bonus, the lender can reset the payment to a lower amount for the rest of the term. Credit Human includes three of these at no cost.

What if my credit score is on the lower side?

The Clean Energy Fund of Texas is built for exactly that situation. It is a Texas focused program that looks at your broader credit history rather than a single cutoff score, and pricing is set case by case. Many homeowners who are declined elsewhere qualify here.

Can I use my home equity instead of a solar loan?

You can. We recently onboarded Figure and their Home Flex HELOC, which draws on the equity you already have in your DFW home. It is a good fit for homeowners who have owned for several years, who want one line of credit covering solar plus a roof or panel upgrade, or who prefer a revolving line to a fixed installment loan.

How does a prepaid lease or third party ownership work?

A third party owner such as HDM Renewables or Participate Energy owns the system during the initial term and claims the commercial incentives on it. That value comes back to you as a credit worth roughly 20 to 35 percent of project cost, so your upfront number is far lower. You use all the energy the system produces, and ownership can transfer to you at the end of the term.

Can I claim the commercial solar tax credit as a homeowner?

Some homeowners can, through an ownership structure rather than a personal filing. MIDAS Wealth helps clients establish an LLC that holds the system so the commercial credit can be claimed at tax time. This is a tax and legal question, so MIDAS works alongside your own CPA. Good Faith Roofing does not give tax advice.

Does financing solar affect my property taxes in Texas?

No. Texas exempts 100 percent of the added home value created by a solar energy system from property tax. Your appraisal district can recognize the value when you sell, but your tax bill does not rise because you installed solar, regardless of how you paid for it.

What happens to my loan or lease if I sell my house?

Owned systems financed with a loan are typically paid off at closing out of sale proceeds, the same way a second lien would be. Third party owned systems transfer to the buyer through the provider's transfer process. We walk sellers and their agents through the paperwork whenever it comes up.

How long does financing approval take?

Most applications return a decision the same day, and many within minutes. Equity products such as a HELOC take longer because the lender verifies the property. We usually have your options in hand before your design proposal is finished.

See Your Numbers Before You Commit

Send us a recent electricity bill and we will come back with a designed system and every financing path priced against it, with no obligation and no pressure.

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