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

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?...

Propertymark’s property auction division - NAVA - has given ringing endorsement to the Material Information changes demanded under new Trading Standards...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

A prominent energy industry organisation has just issued a new guide aimed at improving private rental sector properties. The Energy Saving Trust...

A new survey gives an indication of how quickly properties with poor Energy performance Certificates are falling out of favour in...

Activists in the Acorn campaign group are lobbying a council in a bid to - in its words - “ban slum...

A council is offering free training to letting agents, via online courses starting next Monday. Dorset council says it wants to work...

An influential group of MPs has called for the replacement of “outdated” Energy Performance Certificates with new ‘Building Renovation Passports’. Currently EPCs...

A collective of government appointed accreditation schemes has called on the government to do more to improve energy efficiency in the...

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...

A new proposal from the government says agents and portals will be banned from advertising rental properties with non-compliant Energy Performance...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

Goodlord has expanded its offering to enable corporate lets to be processed through its platform.  The move means agents who process both...

A local authority has taken the unusual step of naming seven buy to let landlords prosecuted in the past month in...

The government should be more ambitious when it comes to ensuring the private rented sector becomes increasingly energy efficient. That’s the message...

This week sees the first step in a long series of reforms - the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - aimed at...

A new survey conducted for an online lettings agency shows four fifths of tenants wanting double glazing as a ‘must’ in...