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Rigorous government targets to improve EPC ratings in the private rental sector and the wider housing stock won’t be met without...

With the energy price cap to rise by 10% from October, Rightmove reveals that this could mean an annual increase of...

A warning has been issued that lettings agencies could lose millions of pounds if landlords quit over new EPC targets. Reapit analysed...

Hamptons lettings agency says it’s calculated what types of homes will be simply unable to be improved to reach the government...

Propertymark says stricter rules for EPC ratings in the private rental sector must be backed up with incentives and financial support. The...

Connells’ new chief executive is to be Helen Charlesworth, who for the past eight years has been managing director at Stonegate...

A controversial council has launched a 12 week consultation on its policies restricting Airbnb-style short lets. Edinburgh council insists that new Airbnb...

Citizens Advice claims that 45% of private renters in England are currently experiencing damp, mould or excessive cold in their home,...

Planning permission has been given to the biggest-ever Build To Rent scheme in Milton Keynes. A company under the name PLATFORM_ has...

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

The latest lettings market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors contains a raft of worried statements from agents. A large...

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

Paragon Bank has reduced rates on its core range of buy-to-let mortgages, taking 15bps off 10 products, in addition to launching...

The biggest rental sector headline from Labour’s manifesto may well be its pledge for the “immediate” abolition of Section 21 eviction...

A lettings agency which has given broad support to the Renters Reform Bill now says it’s concerned that shadow housing Secretary...

A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...

The Property Energy Professionals Association - a trade group representing accreditation schemes for energy assessors - is complaining that it’s not...

Outstanding council tax arrears have soared according to new government figures. Data from he Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities shows...

Labour has stepped up its programme clamping down on what it calls “unscrupulous landlords strangling growth.” Specifically this means ending bidding wars,...

Letting agents’ trade body Propertymark has backed a call by consumer group Which? for radical reforms to Energy Performance Certificates. Yesterday we...

Energy Performance Certificates can be riddled with inaccuracies and give unhelpful advice to property owners. That’s the view of consumer service Which? Which?...

A small survey by a bank suggests that almost 100% of buy to let investors surveyed have received requests from tenants...

A political party has proposed that Capital Gains Tax be equalised with Income Tax - meaning landlords and investors who sold...

Zoopla says a prominent regional agency, Dowen, has returned to its site in a bid to ramp up its plans for...

Rightmove has produced five core demands on behalf of the rental sector, which it would like the next government to meet. These...

Political parties should not allow the lengthy General Election campaign to delay work on a new and beefed-up Energy Performance Certificate...

A charity claims that new official figures on rent rises will “create more worry among private renters.” StepChange charity is referring to...

There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

There's good news for the buy to let sector as mortgage product availability is showing signs of stability, according to the...

There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...

The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...

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

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

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

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

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

Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...

Franchise giant Belvoir is the latest agency group to sign a deal with geospatial technology firm Kamma. The partnership will offer all...

A 335-unit Build To Rent scheme has reached practical completion stage in Sheffield. Going under the (perhaps bizarre) name of PLATFORM_, the...

A business consortium is calling for bold measures to encourage landlords and owner occupiers to retrofit their homes, with the introduction...

A new manifesto calling for rent controls and a raft of other measures is accusing the current rent rises of being...

Lendlord, a platform for the property investment space, has launched a Tenants App to streamline the way renters communicate with agents...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...

The lettings chief in a prominent regional agency says she’s delighted that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has done a dramatic U-turn...

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...

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

A new survey reveals that rental properties with an EPC rating below C are already more difficult to sell to other...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...

The owners of one of the first Build To Rent schemes in Edinburgh is bidding to improve the EPC rating while...

A leading property agency is demanding more certainty over new Energy Performance Certificate regulations.  Fisher German says the government should act now...

Propertymark is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The think tank E3G...

A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...

A legal expert says there is too little practical help available to transform the energy efficiency reputation of the private rental...

Propertymark has set out a five point plan to improve the status and usefulness of the Energy Performance Certificate and to...

A consultation setting out proposals to reform domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates has been opened by the Scottish Government.  It feels...

Details have been given of Lloyds Bank’s latest dive into the Build To Rent market. Its BTR arm, Citra, has acquired 49...

Rightmove will host a webinar for agents tomorrow at 10:00am focused on tenergy efficiency, Energy Performance Certificates and greener homes. The portal...

A new analysis by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform with stricter energy...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...

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

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

A new assessment of the average cost to a UK property owner of improving their EPC rating suggests it’s soared to...

One of the biggest lenders in the rental space - Paragon Bank - recorded a 19 per cent increase in buy...

According to new research from Mortgage Advice Bureau, two-fifths of landlords believe that new EPC requirements are important for the environment and will...

One of the UK governments has backed a call for private landlords to get cash help to meet new Minimum Energy...

Outsourced viewing service Viewber has linked with a property report company. The partnership between Viewber and Street Insights means outsourced viewing operatives...

London’s renters are most at risk from finding their homes either being un-lettable or their landlord selling up due to the...

A lettings agency chief says tighter EPC targets will be “devastating” for the private rental sector. Ben Quaintrell - managing director of...

Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...

Paul Shamplina, the chief commercial officer at Landlord Action and arguably the biggest name in the lettings sector today, is to...

Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...

A new tool is being marketed by industry supplier Landmark with the claim that it helps agents “assess climate change risk.” The...

A prominent lettings agency has called for a delay to the government’s EPC upgrade timetable to be announced in this afternoon’s...

Good EPC ratings are increasingly important for tenants when considering which properties to rent, it’s been claimed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

Annual rent rises that are currently 10 per cent or more are likely to halve to “mid-single digits” according to a...

Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...

New analysis of the English Housing Survey by the Building Research Establishment has found that excessively cold homes in England could...

There’s been a 165 per cent increase in the number of private rental homes with an Energy Performance Certificate rating of...

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

A new survey of landlords has revealed a patchy record of awareness of new energy efficiency regulations for the rental sector. The...

A lettings agency says it’s vital that the government reconsiders the new laws and regulations seen as attacking landlords. The Leaders Romans...

Citizens Advice is the latest charity to argue for improved housing standards in the private rental sector. It claims that its research...

Trading Standards officers check for agents’ compliance by scrutinising their websites, it’s being claimed. Agents are being warned to ensure their websites...

Propertymark wants to see more energy-efficient homes, but with realistic targets and incentives to act. In its submission to the government ahead...

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

The government has been accused of pushing up the cost of home insulation because of a poorly timed public campaign. The National...

An all-party and influential committee of MPs says the UK should be put on a war footing to improve the energy...

A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...

This may be 2022’s least surprising research finding - most property professionals want interest rates to fall. A webinar poll undertaken by...

The volatile economy is forcing small agencies and other modest-sized businesses to put on hold millions of pounds of spending on...

Research released today by Legal & General, a player in the Build To Rent sector, claims that renters are willing to...

A news website is reporting that a landlord cut the asking rent of a property after social media criticism of its...

As energy prices have increased 70 per cent in the UK this year, so more homeowners have fitted small-scale solar panel...

With EPC ratings now a prominent part of letting a property, with stricter government regulations likely, new research suggests substantial numbers...

With the private rental sector stressed at the prospect of stricter energy efficiency rules in the coming years, the body representing...