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There’s a huge number of amendments to the Renters Reform Bill, which has its Third Reading in the House of Commons...

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new Residential Retrofit Standard in a bid to help the housing industry...

Leaders Romans Group claims to have achieved carbon neutrality for a second consecutive year.  A statement claims LRG has undertaken “several notable...

Nationwide has taken the unusual step of using its buy to let lending arm - The Mortgage Works - to make...

Propertymark has used its website and link with a property inspection service to urge letting agents to work with private tenants...

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

The number of private tenants in properties that are hard to heat has fallen, a council claims. As agents will know private...

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

Scottish councils must engage with letting agents and landlords if radical rental reforms have any chance of working. Propertymark argues that the...

A property management firm claims that energy efficiency is apparently renters’ most important quality when choosing a place to live.  Centrick says...

David Cox, the former ARLA chief executive, says the earliest that the Renters Reform Bill could come into effect is late...

Online rental platform Lettingaproperty is telling landlords to take a strategic approach to property management in 2024, to help navigate legislative...

Propertymark is telling member agents to be aware of potential risks and help educate tenants to lookout for common scams, especially...

The Jackson-Stops agency is warning that the Renters Reform Bill is driving investors away - and making the market worse, not...

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

Propertymark has urged the government to do more to help the country’s most vulnerable citizens heat their homes.   Office for National Statistics...

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

Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...

Private landlords are abandoning their property portfolios in unprecedented numbers, a group of surveyors claims. The Manchester-based chartered surveyors and auctioneers -...

Almost two in five UK owners - landlords and homeowners - now consider improving the energy efficiency of their property an...

A consultation to introduce boilers into homes and the private rented sector needs ‘more carrot than stick’ according to a prominent...

Leaders Romans Group claims it reached carbon neutrality in 2022, eight years ahead of its original target of 2030.  The firm says...

It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...

Propertymark has called on the government to retain the option of fixed-term tenancies in the private rental sector where it is...

Harlow council says it wants to take a harder line against agents and landlords who knowingly let unsafe and substandard properties...

Propertymark has urged Labour to licence letting agents under its plans to ‘fundamentally reform the private rented sector’. The trade body also...

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

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is launching its manifesto at this week’s Tory party conference - and improving the supply...

The lettings chief in a prominent regional agency says she’s delighted that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has done a dramatic U-turn...

Propertymark has given strong support to the government’s “flexible and affordable” approach to the green policy agenda,  Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy...

A leading agent has welcomed the dramatic U turn by the government on how it is to meet its net zero...

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

A new survey reveals that rental properties with an EPC rating below C are already more difficult to sell to other...

New directives issued by the government put the emphasis firmly on private landlords and their letting agents to take responsibility for...

A leading property agency is demanding more certainty over new Energy Performance Certificate regulations.  Fisher German says the government should act now...

Propertymark is backing a call for financial help for landlords who improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The think tank E3G...

Knight Frank, in conjunction with Build To Rent operator Moda Living, has published a highly supportive report about BTR. Creating what it’s...

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

Letting agents and landlords operating in South Warwickshire are being encouraged to take part in the next industry forum on Wednesday...

Kamma - the PropTech firm which until now has been best known for monitoring rental sector licensing regimes - is now...

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...

Rightmove will host a webinar for agents tomorrow at 10:00am focused on tenergy efficiency, Energy Performance Certificates and greener homes. The portal...

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

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...

Propertymark has branded the plans by Housing Secretary Michael Gove to increase housebuilding “disappointing”. Nathan Emerson, Propertymark chief executive, says: “The UK...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...

The results of the latest RICS UK Residential Survey, out today, point to a renewed worry about the housing market. The survey...

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

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

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

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...

New research from The Mortgage Lender reveals that 44 per cent of renters would like more cost-of-living support from the government. Specifically...

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,...

Jo Eccles, director of London-focussed buying agency and property consultancy Eccord, says she is witnessing some landlords willing to quit the...

Paul Shamplina, the chief commercial officer at Landlord Action and arguably the biggest name in the lettings sector today, is to...

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

Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...

A new tool is being marketed by industry supplier Landmark with the claim that it helps agents “assess climate change risk.” The...

Campaigning charity Shelter is angry with Chancellor Jeremy Hunt over his Budget  While most in the property industry have expressed relief that there...

A prominent agent and former RICS residential chairman has made an impassioned plea to the government to help the private rental...

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

The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase...

Energy Performance Certificates must change to properly support reaching net zero, tackling fuel poverty and improving buildings, according to an energy...

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

There’s been a 165 per cent increase in the number of private rental homes with an Energy Performance Certificate rating of...

Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. A Sunday Times report...

A new survey of landlords has revealed a patchy record of awareness of new energy efficiency regulations for the rental sector. The...

Newcastle-based lettings agency Seekers is backing a clean air zone in its city.  The agency’s two cars, both Volkswagen ID-3s, are part...

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

Propertymark wants to see more energy-efficient homes, but with realistic targets and incentives to act. In its submission to the government ahead...

Housebuilders have branded a west country council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable' and...

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...

An all-party and influential committee of MPs says the UK should be put on a war footing to improve the energy...

Propertymark has written to Housing Secretary Michael Gove outlining its concerns about the latest licensing scheme proposal from a local council. The...

A new survey of over 8,000 commercial estate agents indicates a challenging 2023 - suggesting a possible alternative investment option for...

Propertymark wants the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy to widen access to cash help to those that need it...

A prominent letting agent has written an open letter to Housing Secretary Michael Gove, calling for a halt on government attacks...

A Labour MP has attacked Airbnb hosts and others in the short lets business, accusing them of “this exploitation of housing...

Research released today by Legal & General, a player in the Build To Rent sector, claims that renters are willing to...

The controversial Boiler Upgrade Scheme - which Propertymark say is so complex many people don’t think it’s worth applying to -...

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

With EPC ratings now a prominent part of letting a property, with stricter government regulations likely, new research suggests substantial numbers...

With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...

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

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...

The Lettings Industry Council, a group of rental industry chiefs, has joined with other property professionals to reveal what they see...

The new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, says the limited cut in stamp duty in England and Northern Ireland announced in the mini-Budget...

The agents’ trade body Propertymark says the government must “get realistic” over the difficulties involved in reaching Net Zero targets when...

There’s been a wide range of angry reactions to the Scottish Government’s passing of an emergency rent freeze and eviction ban...

The government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme application process is so complex property agents and their landlords do not think it is worth...

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

Private renters’ average floor space per person in England has fallen by 16 per cent over the past 20 years while...

A range of mortgage brokers are reporting an increase in enquiries from private tenants who have been given first refusal to...