Member firms will have exclusive access to Ecology’s range of residential, community and buy-to-let mortgage products.

Rates have reduced by up to 0.50%.

A higher-LTV version of the Eco Home Mortgage is planned for release in the coming months.

Virgin has also launched new five-year fixed rate product transfer options from 4.04%.

Homebuyers are now driving the increases in green mortgage popularity, Twenty7tec says.

42% say a property’s EPC rating is a ‘very important consideration’ when assessing a property purchase. 

Simon Jackson, managing director of SDL Surveying, expects more green innovation in the buy-to-let mortgage space ahead of the EPC deadline in 2030.

78% say the green mortgage sector has remained largely unchanged in the past 12 months.

The bank is also temporarily withdrawing its green remortgage range for residential and buy-to-let customers.

86% of advisers say the responsibility to educate consumers about green mortgages and EPC ratings falls to them.