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

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

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

The British Property Federation, which typically has relatively little to say about the private rental sector, has issued a series of...

Beleaguered landlords increasingly require professional assistance not only to manage their properties but to cope with the growing bureaucracy associated with...

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

A PropTech firm is warning that well over two million private rental sector households could be in fuel poverty by the...

The costs of upgrading properties to meet new energy efficiency standards are likely to be passed on to tenants via higher...

A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative...

An analysis of new government legislation on energy efficiency suggests it may lead to chaos in the private rental sector. Geospatial technology...

Anger continues to mount over government plans to make rental properties more energy efficient, with one agent advising his landlords to make...

There’s a huge backlog of work required to be done across the private rental sector to meet the latest Minimum Energy...

Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...

An influential think-tank wants private rental properties to have a minimum EPC rating of B by 2030. The Institute for Public Policy...

Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...

The Guild of Property Professionals is reminding the rental sector that owners of properties to let have only until April 1...

A legal firm is warning agents and landlords that they have less than three months to prepare for the latest MEES...

A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...

A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...

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

A specialist buy to let mortgage lender says buy to let investors should act now - even if it means borrowing...

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

An experienced agent claims that forgoing the services of a letting agent to save money is a false economy for landlords. In...

Spicerhaart says that with the lettings agency industry under attack there is a danger of some within the sector focussing too...

Some 42 per cent of tenants regard the eco-friendliness of a property as key when choosing whether or not to rent...

A leading property law specialist has warned that many buy to let investors remain unaware of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is warning that “thousands” of landlords simply are not ready for energy efficiency changes coming...

The consumer group Which? says the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards starting next weekend could affect 300,000 buy to let properties.  From...

A specialist buy to let lender is making changes to its lending conditions to ensure its residential and commercial borrowers conform...

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has selected a software supplier to handle some of the exceptions to the...

A new survey suggests that only four per cent of tenants and landlords are aware of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...

With only three weeks to go to the introduction of the first phase of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, a specialist mortgage...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members to tell landlord clients that they have only a month to...

An ‘instant EPC ratings check’ has been created on the website of Mortgages for Business allowing agents to check the ratings...

The government is being criticised for its latest consultation exercise on the new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards - because it ends...

The Residential Landlords Association says it welcomes the government’s decision to reduce the likely maximum payment by landlords for energy improvements...

A local authority currently consulting on private rental licensing is using improved energy efficiency as one of the criteria for landlords...

The government has published long-awaited guidelines for the implementation of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the private rental sector.   The hefty 95-page...

The CLA says the energy efficiency regulations for the lettings sector coming into effect in April are “fundamentally flawed” when it...

One in 20 lettings properties breach minimum standards set to come into force next April, according to a survey for an insurance...

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

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

Training organisation Solvo Vir is inviting letting agents and landlords to attend courses to bring them up to date with new...

An investment company says agents and landlords should start taking measures to ensure their properties comply with the new Minimum Energy...

A group of rural landlords has called on the government to clarify Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) legislation being introduced next...

Agents and landlords are being warned by a property management agency to prepare for the next round of energy-efficiency regulation changes...

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

As the introduction of new energy efficiency regulations moves closer, landlords are being urged to check the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)...

The need for letting agencies to assist landlords with the increasingly-complicated private rental sector has been hammered home by the results...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Around one in 12 properties currently available on the rental market could become un-rentable by 2018 if government energy efficiency plans...

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

One of Britain’s most senior letting agents says landlords should take the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the Energy Performance...

Government policy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock will increase rents for tenants. New laws mean that from...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

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

The government is being urged to delay the introduction of new energy efficiency targets in the private rental sector, with a...

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

Today sees the first step of a long-term government drive to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector through the...

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