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The Building Research Establishment - which undertakes research, advice, training, testing, certification and standards-setting for the housing sector - is calling...
01 February 2024
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An organised crime group involved in producing and distributing an estimated £2.4m of cannabis has been found to have e used...
10 January 2024
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A major property industry supplier claims that the housing sector could meet government targets to improve the Energy Performance Certificate ratings for homes. Landmark...
20 December 2023
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Britain is in the grip of a new mould crisis, a leading property association has warned. The National Association of Property Buyers...
14 December 2023
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A business consortium is calling for bold measures to encourage landlords and owner occupiers to retrofit their homes, with the introduction...
24 October 2023
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A legal expert says there is too little practical help available to transform the energy efficiency reputation of the private rental...
23 August 2023
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The company which owned and was responsible for a five-storey block of rented flats in Bridlington has been ordered to pay...
23 August 2023
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has thrown his weight behind Housing Secretary Michael Gove’s proposals to delay deadlines for EPC improvements in...
27 July 2023
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Stricter proposals for energy efficiency under review by the government risk damaging the private rental sector if they remain unchanged. That’s the...
26 July 2023
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Housing Secretary Michael Gove has this morning said his government should ‘relax the pace’ of EPC reforms expected from private landlords. In...
23 July 2023
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A new assessment of the average cost to a UK property owner of improving their EPC rating suggests it’s soared to...
30 June 2023
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The Nationwide Building Society is embarking on an experiment - at first for owner occupiers only - which may be extended...
22 May 2023
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A lettings agency chief says tighter EPC targets will be “devastating” for the private rental sector. Ben Quaintrell - managing director of...
14 April 2023
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused the government of lacking ambition in its new energy strategy. The government's revised strategy,...
13 April 2023
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has accused the government of lacking ambition in its new energy strategy. The government's revised strategy,...
04 April 2023
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Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...
30 March 2023
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The government has been accused of pushing up the cost of home insulation because of a poorly timed public campaign. The National...
11 January 2023
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The volatile economy is forcing small agencies and other modest-sized businesses to put on hold millions of pounds of spending on...
06 December 2022
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As energy prices have increased 70 per cent in the UK this year, so more homeowners have fitted small-scale solar panel...
17 November 2022
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A survey promoted by campaigners for smart meters claims most renters don’t believe their properties to be as energy efficient as...
03 November 2022
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Build To Rent operator Sigma Capital Group Limited, which markets its homes under the private rental brand Simple Life, claims newer...
03 October 2022
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A warning has been issued that as many as 250,000 homes - some likely to be in the private rental sector...
18 August 2022
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Propertymark says the new boiler upgrade scheme, which comes into effect this week, is an opportunity for letting agents to promote...
26 May 2022
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A survey conducted by financial institutions has found the first suggestion that rental properties are slowly becoming more energy efficient. A study...
09 May 2022
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As energy efficiency becomes increasingly key for the private rental sector and owner occupiers alike, new data from PropTech firm Sprift...
19 October 2021
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Some low-cost energy efficiency improvements to a property could boost its EPC rating according to an analysis undertaken by Rightmove. The portal...
03 June 2021
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Lettings agency Carter Jonas predicts the housing market - for both owner-occupiers and landlords - will become increasingly eco-focussed in 2021. It says...
30 December 2020
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The National Residential Landlords Association is giving the thumbs up to the government’s Green Homes Grant, which it claims has taken...
05 August 2020
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Nearly half of households in the private rental sector have regrets about their home according to a survey by the HomeOwners...
05 May 2020
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The owner of a Derbyshire property must pay out more than £3,000 after being found guilty of failing to comply with...
02 January 2020
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An industry supplier says letting agents should respond supportively to the growing eco-consciousness shown by younger people who are likely to...
09 December 2019
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Landlords are most likely to have invested in a boiler upgrade in the last 12 months to boost the energy efficiency...
27 June 2018
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The buy to let sector still requires £400m spending on improving the energy efficiency of its stock in order to conform...
03 April 2018
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A Brighton and Hove lettings agent has been fined more than £3,000 for allowing two properties that he owned himself to...
29 March 2018
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The Residential Landlords Association has secured a £1.5m funding pot from energy company E.ON - the only such funding dedicated solely...
13 September 2017
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A landlord who was found guilty of illegally converting a hotel into 26 flats has been given three months to pay...
06 September 2017
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An energy efficiency lobbying group says it backs new government energy efficiency guidelines to improve 300,000 private rented homes - but...
10 August 2017
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This weekend marks one year to go before the introduction of new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - which are expected to...
31 March 2017
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Damp and mould can mean big problems for landlords, letting agents and tenants. It can cause stress and even health issues...
02 November 2016
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Three quarters of a million private renters are stuck in the coldest and draughtiest homes, claims the Citizens Advice organisation -...
28 October 2016
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There is growing concern over a predicted £5,000 cost to make some buy to let properties energy-efficient under new government plans. An...
04 August 2016
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An online lettings agency claims that 58 per cent of tenants who have requested energy improvements to their properties have been...
01 August 2016
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A damp garage with completely inadequate security, heating, and insulation which was being let as a flat for more than £1,000...
21 July 2016
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The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is urging landlords and agents acting on their behalf to bring themselves up to date...
12 May 2016
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This week sees the first step in a long series of reforms - the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - aimed at...
29 March 2016
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A new survey conducted for an online lettings agency shows four fifths of tenants wanting double glazing as a ‘must’ in...
11 January 2016
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It’s not been a happy Christmas for a Leicestershire landlord who has been banned from renting out a converted garage after...
30 December 2015
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Two unauthorised outbuildings occupied by five adults and a child have been demolished by a London council after a landlord failed...