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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...

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney is warning that homeowners, including those serving the private rental sector, will have to...

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

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

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

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

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

An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...

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

Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned.  The National Association of Property Buyers...

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

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

The company which owned and was responsible for a five-storey block of rented flats in Bridlington has been ordered to pay...

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...

The Nationwide Building Society is embarking on an experiment - at first for owner occupiers only - which may be extended...

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

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,...

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

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

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

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

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

Build To Rent operator Sigma Capital Group Limited, which markets its homes under the private rental brand Simple Life, claims newer...

A warning has been issued that as many as 250,000 homes - some likely to be in the private rental sector...

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

A survey conducted by financial institutions has found the first suggestion that rental properties are slowly becoming more energy efficient. A study...

As energy efficiency becomes increasingly key for the private rental sector and owner occupiers alike, new data from PropTech firm Sprift...

Some low-cost energy efficiency improvements to a property could boost its EPC rating according to an analysis undertaken by Rightmove. The portal...

Lettings agency Carter Jonas predicts the housing market - for both owner-occupiers and landlords - will become increasingly eco-focussed in 2021. It says...

The National Residential Landlords Association is giving the thumbs up to the government’s Green Homes Grant, which it claims has taken...

Nearly half of households in the private rental sector have regrets about their home according to a survey by the HomeOwners...

The owner of a Derbyshire property must pay out more than £3,000 after being found guilty of failing to comply with...

An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...

Landlords are most likely to have invested in a boiler upgrade in the last 12 months to boost the energy efficiency...

The buy to let sector still requires £400m spending on improving the energy efficiency of its stock in order to conform...

A Brighton and Hove lettings agent has been fined more than £3,000 for allowing two properties that he owned himself to...

The Residential Landlords Association has secured a £1.5m funding pot from energy company E.ON - the only such funding dedicated solely...

A landlord who was found guilty of illegally converting a hotel into 26 flats has been given three months to pay...

An energy efficiency lobbying group says it backs new government energy efficiency guidelines to improve 300,000 private rented homes - but...

This weekend marks one year to go before the introduction of new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - which are expected to...

Damp and mould can mean big problems for landlords, letting agents and tenants. It can cause stress and even health issues...

Three quarters of a million private renters are stuck in the coldest and draughtiest homes, claims the Citizens Advice organisation -...

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

An online lettings agency claims that 58 per cent of tenants who have requested energy improvements to their properties have been...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is urging landlords and agents acting on their behalf to bring themselves up to date...

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...

It’s not been a happy Christmas for a Leicestershire landlord who has been banned from renting out a converted garage after...

Two unauthorised outbuildings occupied by five adults and a child have been demolished by a London council after a landlord failed...

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