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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...

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...

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

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

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

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

The ESTAS has revealed the nominations for three of its most prestigious categories to complete the shortlist for the 2024 awards. The...

The ESTAS awards event in October has a new principal partner. It’s Landmark Information Group, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services, Searchflow,...

Knight Frank’s residential operation has won the ‘Best Customer Satisfaction Strategy Award’ at the UK Customer Satisfaction Awards 2024. The agency says its...

Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024.  Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...

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

The long-running aspiration of many to allow rental payments to be counted towards credit ratings appears to have taken a step...

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

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

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

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

The ESTAS Group has unveiled a mobile version of its core Review and Insight products. ESTAS Mobile offers the same functionality of...

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...

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

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

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

EweMove Northampton North has confirmed the acquisition of Martin & Co Northampton.  Both brands are in The Property Franchise Group parent company. Having...

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

Green mortgage discounts could be a key tool in helping landlords make the energy efficiency upgrades necessary to achieve an EPC...

Households living in rental properties across the North of England face the biggest financial headache from soaring fuel price rises, according...

An extension to a private rental property licensing scheme in London has been given the green light by the government. Haringey council’s...

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

Unsurprisingly, perhaps, buy to let investors are becoming increasingly keen on upgrading homes to make them more energy efficient according to...

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

A property finance company says increased taxes and regulations for the private rental sector mean that energy efficiency improvements to raise...

Am umbrella platform supporting Build To Rent developers says a survey suggests BTR tenants regard the sector as offering good value...

A checklist for agents to help ensure they steer clear of unwanted fines or claims has been provided by the Guild...

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

The ESTAS has announced another partner for its awards ceremony later this month. It’s customer rewards service Vaboo, which will be presenting...

Propertymark has joined forces with the likes of Generation Rent and Shelter to step up the campaign for the provision of...

Agents managing properties with halogen or high-energy fluorescent lights will have to switch in the near future. The government is to ban...

Real estate as an industry has remained unchallenged throughout all of these years. For the industry worth more than 217 trillion...

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

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

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

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

A PropTech firm is offering what it calls “free landlord leads” to letting agents who register with the company in July...

Some weeks later than usual for understandable reasons, the ESTAS Awards 2020 are almost here - and for the first time...

Rental property website SearchSmartly is thought to be the first in the world to display air quality ratings on every listing. In...

Lettings payment automation provider PayProp has won a Gold Trusted Service Award from online reviews platform Feefo. The PropTech firm was deemed...

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

ESTAS, the national customer service award scheme which recognises estate and letting agents,  conveyancers and mortgage advisors, has now fully launched...

The PropTech firm CreditLadder is working with the Nationwide Building Society on a pioneering scheme to try to help tenants buy...

A council in the west country has launched a grading system for property agents which it says is designed to be...

There are only a few days left for agents, brokers and suppliers to enter the ESTAS 2019 - closing date is...

It should perhaps come as no surprise that this week’s tightening up of the energy efficiency regulations for the private rental...

The countryside lettings sector will be badly hit by new energy efficiency rules being introduced by the government next year. That’s the...

Buy to let investors in England and Wales who own particularly cold homes are being targeted by new regulations. Since April this...

What is the biggest challenge in estate agency today? At the risk of sounding flippant, selling houses! It’s a unique industry...

It’s less than two weeks before The ESTAS 2018 held in London on Friday April 20. It’s the biggest and best bash...

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

A new online platform says it allows renters and landlords to review each other and give Trustpilot-style ratings - but it...

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

The ESTAS Group has just announced record entries for its 2018 letting and estate agents awards.  The national award scheme - which...

Automated rental payment provider PayProp has joined the call for private rent payments to be counted towards tenants’ credit scores in...

Lord John Bird, the founder of Big Issue, is tomorrow launching his own Bill in the House of Lords in a...

Newham council in London has published the UK’s first ever ratings scheme for letting agents, in which firms receive anything from...

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

Newham council is to set up the UK’s first letting agents rating scheme to protect residents and landlords from rogue agents.   The...

Who are you? Rebecca Johnston What does it say on your business card? Managing Director (TDS Custodial) What is TDS Custodial? TDS Custodial is a government-approved...

There are now over 38,000 active listings of London properties on Airbnb according to a monitoring service that analyses the platform’s...

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

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

  The ESTAS Group, which runs the national customer feedback scheme and produces the largest annual awards event for the residential agency...

A lettings agency on Merseyside is one of the first in the UK to take part of an experiment which could...

Two letting agencies feature amongst the winners of The ESTAS Agent of the Month competition for July.     Each secured their success...

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

A leading chartered surveying firm is stressing the differences that exist between new English and Scottish energy efficiency rules hitting the...

Respected credit ratings agency Fitch says buy to let will thrive for the next 12 to 24 months but the effects...

Credit scoring company Experian is launching a scheme that allows private sector tenants the opportunity to use their rent-paying records to...

The controversial campaign group ACORN, which has made headlines by protesting outside letting agency offices in Bristol, is launching a new...

Beatrice Carter Property in Bury St Edmunds has picked up the Best Letting Agent for Landlords gong in the latest ESTAS...

Agency review site raterAgent has teamed up with lettings industry supplier Fixflo to launch a letting agent of the month award.  Any...

Three agents have been announced as winners of The ESTAS Agent of the Month competition for July.   Bristol Property Centre won...

The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...

Three agents have been announced as winners of The ESTAS Agent of the Month competition for June.   The Birmingham Central branch...