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An influential consumer body is demanding a complete overhaul of Energy Performance Certificates. Which? says that with millions of households across the...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
A housing industry group wants the energy efficiency of a social rented property to be factored into the rent the tenant...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Rental growth in Britain has slowed says lettings agency Hamptons, with the average newly let rent rising 6.7% over the past...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The average water bill has risen by 6% in England and Wales in recent days, which could see households having to...
13 April 2024
From: Top tips & guides
Britain’s housing stock offers the worst value for money of any advanced economy, according new analysis published by the Resolution Foundation. The...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
New research from Halifax reveals that investing in solar panels leads to possible cost and energy savings for landlords and other...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Anonymous reports of energy theft have skyrocketed by 62% since 2021, Crimestoppers’ figures reveal. In 2023 alone, the charity received 11,552 reports...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A council is launching an innovative scheme whereby good landlords get long licences - and poor ones get short licences. Gloucester council...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
In September the Prime Minister announced that landlords will no longer be required to meet the minimum EPC minimum energy rating...
09 March 2024
From: Agent Advice
An insulation manufacturer is warning of unexpected consequences from insulating a property to make it more energy efficient. William Bown, the head...
17 February 2024
From: Top tips & guides
A survey from NatWest and ratings giant S&P Global shows that 75 per cent of renters across the UK want landlords...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The chartered surveyor team at Stokemont is giving advice on potential pitfalls in new build homes. This is from RICS-accredited valuer Bradley...
03 February 2024
From: The Big Issues
An energy industry supplier claims that the housing sector in the UK offers too little help for those wanting to live...
26 January 2024
From: Breaking News
New research published by Lloyds Banking Group during Energy Saving Week has revealed the lack of confidence and skills gaps landlords...
19 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Renters and landlords of properties without gas central heating can now get energy saving green measures installed free of charge or...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help tnavigate legislative...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Pipes aren’t normally the first thing that spring to mind when we think of wrapping up for winter, but with an...
16 December 2023
From: Top tips & guides
Generation Rent and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have jointly slammed landlords who do not improve the EPCs of their private rental...
05 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The energy price cap is to rise to an annual average of £1,928 from January. Regulator Ofgem says a typical household paying...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement to reveal measures affecting both the rental market and the wider property industry. The Local Housing Allowance is...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A house building firm claims more people want to move to increasingly energy-efficient homes. A survey by Redrow shows that 26 per...
22 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Homes situated close to new electricity pylons and sub-stations could receive up to £1,000 a year off energy bills, for up...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A range of grants, including new and enhanced schemes, are available to help landlords improve the energy efficiency of homes and...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Airbnb says the large majority of private tenants want to boost their income, including through sub-letting rooms in their homes. In a...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
MPs from a range of opposition parties are pressing the government to reinstate the stricter energy efficiency rules for landlords, recently...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A prominent property market analyst says he was “gobsmacked” to hear Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tone down the energy efficiency requirements...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
It's that time of the year again – the weather is turning, and the leaves are starting to fall from the...
14 October 2023
From: Top tips & guides
The Green Party wants private tenants to be able to force landlords to improve the energy efficiency of homes. The scheme -...
09 October 2023
From: Breaking News
A new study of over 600,000 available properties on Rightmove reveals that homes in need of renovation are the most in...
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
An analysis conducted over the summer by Rightmove suggests it could take literally decades for the private rental sector to conform...
05 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Last month, Housing Secretary Michael Gove declared the Government was “asking too much, too quickly” of landlords by setting a 2028...
12 August 2023
From: Rental Reform
Activist group Generation Rent is now demanding a change to the Renters Reform Bill to help tenants with energy bills. The group...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Some 18 per cent of buy to let landlords have suggested they are not raising rents for tenants despite inflation and...
31 July 2023
From: Breaking News
UK landlords are currently facing a myriad of challenges. It’s well documented how costly retrofitting properties to meet new energy efficiency standards...
01 July 2023
From: Legislation & Compliance
A council has issued a stern warning to landlords that the current situation in which hundreds of homes have non-compliant EPC...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
With the cost-of-living crisis causing household bills to increase nationwide, many Britons are worried and concerned about the soaring energy prices...
03 June 2023
From: Top tips & guides
After a winter of record-high energy bills, many will be wondering how efficient their boilers are, and whether the type of...
03 June 2023
From: Lettings PropTech
The UK has long been a pioneer in terms of Net Zero goal setting, but many people across the nation remain...
27 May 2023
From: The Big Issues
A recent study by nationwide conveyancers Muve, using official data from the Office for National Statistics, has revealed the most and...
20 May 2023
From: The Big Issues
The Resolution Foundation has urged the government not to relax its target deadlines for improved energy efficiency in the private rental...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
As energy prices and the cost of living continue to rise, property owners are searching for ways to reduce their energy...
18 February 2023
From: The Big Issues
Some 21 per cent of tenants have spoken to their landlords about making energy efficiency improvements to their property, according to...
16 February 2023
From: Breaking News
As many buy-to-let landlords continue to question their place in the market with ever increasing legislation, finance and management costs, one...
26 January 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Illegal meter-tampering is putting people’s lives at risk as they resort to increasingly desperate measures to reduce spiralling energy bills, two...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The Tenancy Deposit Service and the National Residential Landlords Association have produced a guide to improving energy efficiency in rented properties. Although...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Typical household disposable incomes for working-age families are on track to fall by three per cent this financial year, and by...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A survey of some 2,000 landlords shows that more than four in 10 want recent changes to Capital Gains Tax allowances...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A poll suggests that 58 per cent of tenants would be less likely to look at a rental property if they...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A new analysis of the market released by Rightmove shows that this year has been the most competitive on record. At its...
28 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The majority of tenants are reluctant to ask for more energy efficient systems in their home according to The National Residential...
15 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The government has announced plans for a £1 billion scheme - called ECO+ - which will see hundreds of thousands of...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Increasing numbers of lenders are now offering incentives to win the business of landlords with good, or improving, EPC ratings. In what...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
An accountancy expert claims that inflation and rising rents could push more landlords over the £10,000 threshold for Making Tax Digital. Currently...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Renters don’t have it easy. Housemates can be unpredictable, rules can be strict, but worst of all – it’s expensive. Most tenants...
19 November 2022
From: Rental Reform
The leader of the Generation Rent activist group says that the shortage of homes to rent means no private sector tenant...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
New research from the bank Handelsbanken suggests some landlords will reduce their portfolios if economic conditions worsen. Almost 60 per cent of...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
To put it mildly, landlords are very rarely subject to an outpouring of sympathy from the general public. When the economy...
12 November 2022
From: The Big Issues
The Santander bank says buyers - landlords and owner occupiers alike - are showing more interest in buying energy efficient homes. The...
09 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Rolling out emergency insulation this winter in the nation’s draughtiest homes could save tenants or other residents £260 a year. That’s the...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Comparison service Uswitch has created a new app which connects to a home smart meter - meaning, according to the firm,...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, says the limited cut in stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland announced in the mini-Budget...
17 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Another bank survey has been released, suggesting a surge in interest in energy efficient homes in the UK. NatWest’s Greener Homes Attitude...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
As I write this, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has gone back on his mini budget plan to abolish the 45p...
08 October 2022
From: The Big Issues
The residential sector is a key component of the government’s mission to lower carbon emissions – in 2021, it accounted for...
01 October 2022
From: Lettings PropTech
As the autumn weather turns colder, many families are proactively seeking ways to reduce their energy use as, even with the...
01 October 2022
From: The Big Issues
The National Residential Landlords Association says controversial Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng should use a £1.5 billion underspend to help buy to let...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The new Chancellor of the Exchequer spoke for only 25 minutes but effectively turned the recent history of British tax policy...
24 September 2022
From: Tax & Finance
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England has agreed to raise interest rates by 0.5 per cent to 2.25...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords will be forced by law to pass on the £400 energy rebate to tenants with all-inclusive bills, the government says. Activist...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency says demand for ‘bills included’ properties in London has rocketed since April - despite it costing tenants large...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Three quarters of residential landlords have taken steps to support tenants during the current cost-of-living crisis, according to new research from...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Generation Rent, the activist group led by Baroness Alicia Kennedy, is staging a Renters Rights Awareness week in October. It was originally...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
An emergency rent freeze in the private and public sectors has been announced this afternoon in Scotland. It will last until...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading financial analyst says what are generally called “period properties” are set to become financial nightmares for landlords or owner...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A campaign by the government-backed Smart Energy GB not-for-profit organisation is promoting the use of smart meters amongst private tenants who...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
There is a perfect storm brewing for landlords and tenants in the UK. Sky-rocketing energy bills, food prices and increasing rent paints...
27 August 2022
From: The Big Issues
Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent group, is warning that millions of tenants may not be able to pay...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Surprise, surprise - 88 per cent of tenants quizzed in a major survey are happy with their homes. Only 12 per cent...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A politician says the long-running series of bans on private rental evictions during the worst of the Covid crisis could be...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Campaign group Generation Rent is staging a Renters’ Rights Awareness Week from September 17 to 22 inclusive. “Whether you’re new to renting,...
19 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A new survey suggests large numbers of tenants are worried about the risk of falling behind with the rent or even...
16 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Citizens Advice wants landlords and tenants in a specific part of the country to help inform government about improving the uptake...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
New government figures show 3,405 households in the private rented sector were evicted by bailiffs in England between April and June this year...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A warning has been issued that anyone wanting a mortgage in future may put their credit rating at risk if they...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The National Residential Landlords Association has hit out at what it calls “baseless suggestions” that landlords will not pass on energy...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords interested in improving energy efficiency in their investment properties can see and hear tips on how to do it at...
08 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Campaigning charity Shelter has backed a call by consumer organisation Citizens Advice to seek government pledges that a £400 energy bill...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
As the cost of energy spikes and the government rolls out new support, landlords and tenants involved in ‘bills included’ rental...
25 July 2022
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance
A new analysis of household energy consumption has found that a combination of green technologies could reduce bills by up to...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
New forecasts from an energy industry consultancy suggests that the average domestic consumer’s energy bills could soar to £3,363 a year...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Heat pumps - central to a government energy efficiency drive started under Boris Johnson - could save 20 per cent higher...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A park home specialist is claiming that this property niche is better suited than conventional rental or owned homes for energy...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A utilities advice service has come up with a list of measures which it says can reduce expenditure by tenants and...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Energy bills have increased for around 22 million energy consumers – and they’re expected to escalate again later this year when...
21 June 2022
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance
Whether it’s increasing the amount we recycle, choosing sustainable products, or reducing our carbon footprint by limiting the amount we travel,...
11 June 2022
From: Rental Reform
The latest attack on landlords by Generation Rent director Baroness Alicia Kennedy concerns insulation and household warmth. She claims a quarter of...