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title: "Home Services Financing Pre-Qualification: The Contractor Playbook | FunnelFi"
url: https://funnelfi.ai/guides/home-services-financing-pre-qualification-guide
description: "Roofing, HVAC, solar, and remodel contractors use pre-qualification to stop rolling trucks on homeowners who can't finance the job."
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# Home Services Financing Pre-Qualification: The Contractor Playbook

Know which homeowners can afford the project before the estimate.

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- Screen before the truck rolls
  Estimators only visit qualified homeowners.
- Program-match to lender
  Verdict includes which financing partner fits.
- Close rate lifts
  Qualified leads close 2–3× the industry baseline.
- CAC per install drops
  Fewer dead estimate visits per closed job.

## The Truck-Roll Problem

The average roofing or HVAC contractor spends $150–$400 in labor and fuel per estimate visit. Industry close rate on those visits sits between 18% and 28%. The bottom half of that gap is homeowners who wanted the project but couldn't get financed. Pre-qualification kills that gap by screening for GreenSky, Service Finance, and Synchrony eligibility before the estimator is dispatched.

## What It Screens

- Soft-pull FICO tier
- Estimated financing capacity for the ticket size
- Lender-specific eligibility (GreenSky, Service Finance, Synchrony, Sunlight)
- Homeownership + property zip match

## Frequently Asked Questions

- Which financing partners does pre-qualification cover?
  GreenSky, Service Finance, Synchrony HOME, Sunlight (solar), and Enerbank are the most common. Pre-qualification returns likelihood of approval for each without submitting a formal application.
- Will homeowners feel screened?
  No, pre-qualification runs after form submit and returns a verdict to the contractor internally. The homeowner never sees a rejection.
- What ticket size does this make sense for?
  Anything $3k+ where an estimate visit costs real dispatch dollars. Roofing, HVAC replacement, solar, kitchen remodel, bath remodel all clear the bar.

## See it on your pipeline

Schedule a 30-minute demo and we'll map the pre-qualification layer to your current stack.

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