A property consultancy is calling for improved accreditation for Energy Performance Certificate assessors. Re:solve Real Estate - which specialises in commercial property...
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24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
A Labour council has revealed that it’s bought 15 open market homes, beefed up their energy efficiency and will use them...
03 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Energy performance certificates (EPC) make little difference to property sales and the Government should consider replacing them with more effective green...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords considering selling up are being urged to lease their homes to a trust catering for homeless people instead. With fears that...
01 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lending criteria and products are failing to keep up with more energy-efficient homebuilding techniques, it has been claimed. The Home Builders...
06 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Listings are down, mortgage rates are high, regulations are becoming even more complex and already stretched tenants are feeling the effects...
08 March 2023
From: Features
Agents have expressed disappointment at the lack of support for homeowners and landlords to make their homes more energy efficient. It comes...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
In this feature, Jonathan Daines looks at how landlords can do their bit to make the rental market greener. Global leaders have...
19 November 2022
From: Features
Are landlords following the law? To answer this question, the Government grouped answers from its English Private Landlords Survey 2022 according...
15 October 2022
From: Features
Forget the ‘race for space’ or room for an extension, should agents start highlighting the green features of a vendor’s property...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
As the UK works towards its net zero goal by 2050, Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched a Green Hub to support...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Homeowners are getting as much as 16% extra on average when selling their properties if the energy performance certificate (EPC) rating...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Although Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement did not include many announcements regarding housing, it did provide a good...
23 April 2022
From: Features
It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...
26 March 2022
From: Features
With the new year in full swing, agents around the UK are likely to be making changes to the way they...
12 February 2022
From: Features
A new survey suggests two thirds of current or potential home owners would accept the idea of a mortgage interest rate...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Around a quarter of mortgage lenders currently have ‘green’ products promoting improved EPCs - and the vast majority of the rest...
16 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Energy Performance Certificates are “misleading” indicators of zero carbon buildings and should no longer be used as official guides to help...
16 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The Budget has proven more generous than many expected - and with most property taxation left unchanged. Chancellor Rishi Sunak has made...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The government has given more details of its bid to change the energy efficiency of existing and new homes to meet...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A new survey shows that there’s just a 1.7 per cent house price premium on homes with EPC ratings A or...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Initiatives by property portal Residential People and mortgage lenders Paragon Bank and Foundation Home Loans help people to find, buy or...