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To achieve government’s EPC targets by 2035, landlords across the country may be forced to take action at a time when...

With Labour’s election victory, a new EPC target has been announced. In mid-July, the new Secretary of State for Energy Security and...

A national trade body is calling for more regulation to shield people from the dangers of damp and mould in homes. The...

The National Residential Landlords Association is introducing a new energy efficiency retrofitting course this summer - ahead of possible EPC rule...

Specialist investment lender Hodge has joined forces with Propflo, a PropTech startup, to urge customers to make their properties more energy-efficient...

New analysis claims that the North East of England has made “no progress on greening the highest-emissions homes in 13 years.” Meanwhile,...

The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...

Most home owners, including landlords, have experienced obstacles that have prevented them from carrying out energy efficiencies on their properties. That’s according...

A think tank says rents set in the social sector should reflect the energy efficiency of a property. It’s one of a...

Awareness of green mortgages is dipping among buyers, according to new research. Almost two thirds of mortgage advisers say their clients have...

Three-quarters of landlords welcome the government’s decision in the autumn to scrap the proposal that all rental property must have an...

A campaign by a UK government to help landlords retrofit their properties with energy efficient amenities has had almost zero impact,...

Large upfront costs are deterring landlords and other home owners from making their homes more energy efficient, according to Lloyds Bank...

Airbnb is launching a new Sustainability Hub to help its landlord hosts in the UK retrofit and improve the energy efficiency...

Under revised plans, the Government will: - Scrap policies to force landlords to upgrade the energy efficiency of their properties, but instead...

Landlords are operating in a fog when it comes to the Government’s thinking on the future of energy efficiency standards for...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched an eight week long consultation in a bid to gather input on its...

After genteel protests from the Generation Rent ginger group and more pro-active protests from the Acorn group of rental activists, tomorrow...

Barclays is working with TV guru Phil Spencer to give home owners some £2,000 to make selected energy-efficiency improvements to their...

UK landlords are currently facing a myriad of challenges.  It’s well documented how costly retrofitting properties to meet new energy efficiency standards...

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

Research from Mortgage Advice Bureau shows that almost two-thirds of landlords would consider selling their property due to not being able...

Hitting the UK’s net zero carbon objective is an immense task, but one that we must strive for. We all have...

The British Property Federation is calling on the government to use next week’s Budget to zero-rate VAT on work which allows...

The normally under-the-radar Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has made an unusually outspoken plea to the government to help landlords. In particular,...

As 2025 gradually approaches, the question of how the private rented sector decarbonises and becomes more energy efficient is becoming more...

The ongoing cost of living crisis has caused many to tighten their belts and limit their heating usage.  The extraordinary rises in...

Yes, it’s that time again when the property hoi polloi impose their predictions for the following year on us and so,...

The north of England has a home energy efficiency mountain to climb, with poorly insulated homes costing tenants at least £680...

A new report by the Santander bank claims a ‘green premium’ based on energy efficiency is emerging in the UK’s property...

The residential sector is a key component of the government’s mission to lower carbon emissions – in 2021, it accounted for...

The mini-Budget was always billed as a tax-cutting, growth-generating affair - and so it proved - but Labour has criticised it...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has cast doubt on the UK’s ambitions to move towards Net Zero - which in...

In the drive for the UK to be net zero by 2050, residential landlords are facing costly green refurbishments.   Already, landlords...

Letting agents have come out with figures to back up an argument that landlords have been making for some time  -...

A property investment platform is to spend £1 billion buying and retrofitting thousands of homes in the private rental sector, The...

The increased energy price cap could mean bills for the average band G home hit almost £5,000 a year, up £145...

A question mark has been raised over the suitability of a scheme starting next month to encourage the switch from gas...

The Chartered Institute of Housing says it’s concerned about the rapidly rising gas and home heating oil prices and the impact...

Cotswold council, using cash from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, is targeting properties that fall below the minimum...

More than half of landlords with properties rated EPC D or below are considering selling because of stringent energy efficiency rules...

A cross-party survey of MPs shows that they want to scale up the installation of renewable heating technologies in existing homes,...

The government should factor in the property market’s huge regional variations when offering landlords incentives to become more energy efficient. That’s the call...

The government has been told to raise the landlord cost cap to £10,000 to increase the number of private rental sector...