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There’s a call from a prominent international building science service for the new Labour government to review the Energy Performance Certificates. EPCs...

The letting agents’ trade body Propertymark says one of the UK governments should go further in ensuring the safety of tenants...

The government has launched a public consultation on a radical new UK home energy rating system to replace the long-standing Standard...

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

The government claims buildings will be made safer under new proposals including compulsory second staircases for new tower blocks. It says this...

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

Agents are being urged to prepare for  changes to the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations which may come in this...

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

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

A new report demands that online rental platforms and portals allowing direct advertising by clients do more to deter fake landlords...

A property management firm chief who had to pay over £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences relating to an...

The government’s announcement that it will bring in mandatory electrical checks in the private rented sector has been welcomed - perhaps...

A landlord has been ordered to pay £20,000 after being found guilty of nine offences in relation to a house in...

The director of a property management firm has been found guilty of nine offences of breaching regulations relating to a house...

An industry trade group says residents in high rise blocks of flats are being let down by a system in which...

A council has prosecuted a landlord, who was fined £600 plus £500 in council costs after pleading guilty to breaching building...

A damp garage with completely inadequate security, heating, and insulation which was being let as a flat for more than £1,000...

A landlord has been prosecuted and fined for failing to carry out vital works on his rental property.  Victor Robbins of Leigh-on-Sea,...