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A 101-home Built To Rent estate is being created by Barratt Homes in Cambridge, as part of a deal with BTR...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes.  Landmark...

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents is issuing a stark warning to be aware of the dangers of carbon...

An industry body - the Property Energy Professionals Association - has condemned the Prime Minister’s abandonment of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards...

Propertymark has given strong support to the government’s “flexible and affordable” approach to the green policy agenda,  Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy...

A leading agent has welcomed the dramatic U turn by the government on how it is to meet its net zero...

Fewer than one in five homeowners support the government’s plans to ban gas boilers in new homes by 2025, with 83...

The Times is reporting that a delay to the controversial ban on gas boilers is being considered by the government as...

Stricter proposals for energy efficiency under review by the government risk damaging the private rental sector if they remain unchanged. That’s the...

Propertymark is backing the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in all residential buildings in Wales. The Welsh Government is proposing to amend...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused the government of lacking ambition in its new energy strategy. The government's revised strategy,...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused the government of lacking ambition in its new energy strategy. The government's revised strategy,...

Housebuilders have branded a west country council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable' and...

Propertymark is querying why there’s no help for the private rental sector to meet energy efficiency targets expressed in a new...

A survey promoted by campaigners for smart meters claims most renters don’t believe their properties to be as energy efficient as...

The law around the requirement for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in rental properties will change in England on October 1. Propertymark...

Yet another revision to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations takes effect from October 1 - that’s just under...

A prominent agency lettings chief is alerting the industry that new smoke and carbon monoxide alarm rules are changing from October 1. Since...

Propertymark says the new boiler upgrade scheme, which comes into effect this week, is an opportunity for letting agents to promote...

An activist group in London has launched a scathing attack on councils which it claims have been ineffective in regulating rogue...

The online lettings agency Howsy is reported to have been acquired by a national chain after a ‘distressed sale’ following its...

Many people - including agents, landlords and tenants - are unprepared for the domestic heating revolution on its way to Britain. That’s...

Trade body UKALA has cautioned letting agents to act now following the government announcement that it intends to extend the need...

A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords and agents claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from...

The UK Association of Letting Agents says it welcomes new rules for alarms which put the social and private rental sectors...

Agents have raised a specific concern about one aspect of a law change regarding carbon monoxide alarms.  Earlier this week the government...

The government has announced that carbon monoxide alarms must be fitted in all private rental properties with fixed appliances such as...

PropTech investment platform Houzen has raised concerns over the government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy. This is the satrategy that offers rental sector...

Two recent calls for the introduction of a national mandatory landlord register in England have been rebuffed by agents’ trade body...

ARLA Propertymark has blasted the government over its net zero policy of banning new boilers from 2035 and giving landlords £5,000...

Rik Smith, Head of Tenant Services at Goodlord, outlines in this tips piece how agents can support tenants with rising energy...

A buy to let investor has been forced to close down two rat infested homes he owns in Rotherham after they...

One of Scotland’s top lettings agents is warning of “an air of criminality” in the rental industry north of the border. His...

Britain’s most controversial buy to let investor, Fergus Wilson, has hit back and given his side of events on a series...

Specialist insurer Direct Line for Business is warning agents and landlords that while winter has so far been relatively mild, February...

There is growing concern over a predicted £5,000 cost to make some buy to let properties energy-efficient under new government plans.   An...

Investors and landlords are putting tenants’ lives at risk and could face a substantial fine for flouting gas safety law, according...

A leading trade body says it’s time for the private rental sector to take gas safety more seriously following a spate...

Another survey suggests that approaching 50 per cent of tenants experience unreasonable delays in getting repair work done - and one...

Lettings chiefs have responded with disappointment to the government’s announcement that it is scrapping the Green Deal.  The scheme offered cashbacks and...