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![Government move raises hope of cash help for energy improvements](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_309559970.jpg)
One of the UK governments has backed a call for private landlords to get cash help to meet new Minimum Energy...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Speculation grows about future changes to EPCs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
Speculation is growing that the deadline for the private rental sector to meet new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for new tenants...
30 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency - industry chiefs demand rental sector action](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
The British Property Federation, which typically has relatively little to say about the private rental sector, has issued a series of...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency claims landlords increasingly need help to cope with rental red tape](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
Beleaguered landlords increasingly require professional assistance not only to manage their properties but to cope with the growing bureaucracy associated with...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Lets with poor EPCs falling out of favour fast - new study](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCRating-400x310.png)
A new survey gives an indication of how quickly properties with poor Energy performance Certificates are falling out of favour in...
24 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Warning that millions of tenants will hit fuel poverty this year](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/ElectricCar-400x310.jpg)
A PropTech firm is warning that well over two million private rental sector households could be in fuel poverty by the...
17 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![EPC rental upgrade costs could be much higher - warning](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPCRating-400x310.png)
The costs of upgrading properties to meet new energy efficiency standards are likely to be passed on to tenants via higher...
15 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents Alert - years of legal and regulation changes ahead](/upload/images/new-story-stock-images/CourtImage-400x310.jpg)
A senior figure in an industry trade body says lettings agents are going to have their hands full dealing with legislative...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![EPC law change may create havoc across rental sector - warning](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energyefficiency400x310.jpg)
An analysis of new government legislation on energy efficiency suggests it may lead to chaos in the private rental sector. Geospatial technology...
17 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agent urges landlords to speak out against expensive EPC rules](/img/default/lat.png)
Anger continues to mount over government plans to make rental properties more energy efficient, with one agent advising his landlords to make...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Energy Efficiency - “Huge backlog of work across rental sector](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s a huge backlog of work required to be done across the private rental sector to meet the latest Minimum Energy...
09 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Give tenants power to trigger energy improvements - Generation Rent](/img/default/lat.png)
Campaign group Generation Rent says private tenants could miss out on an energy efficiency drive if they are not given the...
31 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rental EPCs should be minimum B, urges think-tank](/img/default/lat.png)
An influential think-tank wants private rental properties to have a minimum EPC rating of B by 2030. The Institute for Public Policy...
20 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Reminder to agents - new MEES rules come into effect next week](/img/default/lat.png)
Despite the challenges being thrown up to the lettings sector by Coronavirus, this is a reminder that new MEES regulations on...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware: major rental sector energy changes soon](/img/default/lat.png)
The Guild of Property Professionals is reminding the rental sector that owners of properties to let have only until April 1...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned over new energy rules - the countdown begins](/img/default/lat.png)
A legal firm is warning agents and landlords that they have less than three months to prepare for the latest MEES...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware: New lettings laws being introduced in 2020](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading lettings sector trade body has outlined key pieces of legislation that will hit the private rental sector in 2020. The...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Four key events for agents to watch for in 2020](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading law firm has highlighted four key dates for letting agents and landlords to watch for in 2020. Paul Barnes, head...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Government feels the heat over private rental energy efficiency targets](/img/default/lat.png)
The government should be more ambitious when it comes to ensuring the private rented sector becomes increasingly energy efficient. That’s the message...
08 August 2018
From: Breaking News
!['A ticking timebomb for lettings': warning over MEES energy efficiency measures](/img/default/lat.png)
A specialist buy to let mortgage lender says buy to let investors should act now - even if it means borrowing...
11 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![This is how buy to let investors have improved energy efficiency](/img/default/lat.png)
Landlords are most likely to have invested in a boiler upgrade in the last 12 months to boost the energy efficiency...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Landlords self-managing to save money is a false economy, argues agent](/img/default/lat.png)
An experienced agent claims that forgoing the services of a letting agent to save money is a false economy for landlords. In...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Some agents 'talking down the lettings culture' says Spicerhaart](/img/default/lat.png)
Spicerhaart says that with the lettings agency industry under attack there is a danger of some within the sector focussing too...
16 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Over 40% of tenants say green credentials key when selecting a property](/img/default/lat.png)
Some 42 per cent of tenants regard the eco-friendliness of a property as key when choosing whether or not to rent...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rental sector law expert warns on dangers of ignoring MEES regulations](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading property law specialist has warned that many buy to let investors remain unaware of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![BTL sector still needs £400m expenditure to boost energy efficiency levels](/img/default/lat.png)
The buy to let sector still requires £400m spending on improving the energy efficiency of its stock in order to conform...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![ARLA warns of thousands of landlords not ready for energy changes](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents is warning that “thousands” of landlords simply are not ready for energy efficiency changes coming...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![300,000 buy to lets could be caught in energy switch, Which? warns](/img/default/lat.png)
The consumer group Which? says the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards starting next weekend could affect 300,000 buy to let properties. From...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let lender demands borrowers prove they conform with MEES](/img/default/lat.png)
A specialist buy to let lender is making changes to its lending conditions to ensure its residential and commercial borrowers conform...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Software firm selected to handle some MEES exceptions from next month](/img/default/lat.png)
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has selected a software supplier to handle some of the exceptions to the...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Just 4% of tenants and landlords up to speed on MEES - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A new survey suggests that only four per cent of tenants and landlords are aware of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency...
15 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![MEES just the start of government plans for rental sector - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
With only three weeks to go to the introduction of the first phase of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, a specialist mortgage...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![ARLA's advice over next month's MEES changes: act - and quickly](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents is reminding its members to tell landlord clients that they have only a month to...
02 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![New tool allows agents to check property EPCs ahead of MEES change](/img/default/lat.png)
An ‘instant EPC ratings check’ has been created on the website of Mortgages for Business allowing agents to check the ratings...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![New accusation of chaos over Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards](/img/default/lat.png)
The government is being criticised for its latest consultation exercise on the new Minimum Energy Efficient Standards - because it ends...
28 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Trade group welcomes cut to cost of lettings energy measures](/img/default/lat.png)
The Residential Landlords Association says it welcomes the government’s decision to reduce the likely maximum payment by landlords for energy improvements...
22 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![Council licensing scheme discriminates against rental units with poor EPCs](/img/default/lat.png)
A local authority currently consulting on private rental licensing is using improved energy efficiency as one of the criteria for landlords...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![MEES: government issues hefty 95-page guidelines for lettings sector](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has published long-awaited guidelines for the implementation of Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards in the private rental sector. The hefty 95-page...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![MEES fundamentally flawed for heritage properties, claims group](/img/default/lat.png)
The CLA says the energy efficiency regulations for the lettings sector coming into effect in April are “fundamentally flawed” when it...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![One in 20 lettings properties would fail new energy standard - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
One in 20 lettings properties breach minimum standards set to come into force next April, according to a survey for an insurance...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![MEES: trade body wins £1.5m funding for lettings energy changes](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Pressure group urges £5,000 cap on energy efficiency rental work](/img/default/lat.png)
An energy efficiency lobbying group says it backs new government energy efficiency guidelines to improve 300,000 private rented homes - but...
10 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents invited to courses on new lettings energy requirements](/img/default/lat.png)
Training organisation Solvo Vir is inviting letting agents and landlords to attend courses to bring them up to date with new...
03 August 2017
From: Breaking News
![Reminder for agents and landlords - act now ahead of MEES](/img/default/lat.png)
An investment company says agents and landlords should start taking measures to ensure their properties comply with the new Minimum Energy...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards are unenforceable, say rural landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
A group of rural landlords has called on the government to clarify Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) legislation being introduced next...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![New warning from top agent to prepare for energy efficiency change](/img/default/lat.png)
Agents and landlords are being warned by a property management agency to prepare for the next round of energy-efficiency regulation changes...
11 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to act now as MEES energy efficiency countdown starts](/img/default/lat.png)
This weekend marks one year to go before the introduction of new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards - which are expected to...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents must encourage landlords to check EPC ratings](/img/default/lat.png)
As the introduction of new energy efficiency regulations moves closer, landlords are being urged to check the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)...
07 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Lettings survey shows huge lack of landlord awareness](/img/default/lat.png)
The need for letting agencies to assist landlords with the increasingly-complicated private rental sector has been hammered home by the results...
15 February 2017
From: Breaking News
![Guarantee blue skies! Bad weather doesn’t mean bad photos when you use Doctor Photo](/img/default/lat.png)
Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
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![Energy efficiency regs could make many homes un-rentable - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Around one in 12 properties currently available on the rental market could become un-rentable by 2018 if government energy efficiency plans...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Call to INCREASE buy to let stamp duty surcharge to four per cent](/img/default/lat.png)
Three quarters of a million private renters are stuck in the coldest and draughtiest homes, claims the Citizens Advice organisation -...
28 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Leading letting agent says landlords should get EPCs re-assessed](/img/default/lat.png)
One of Britain’s most senior letting agents says landlords should take the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the Energy Performance...
29 September 2016
From: Breaking News
![Government energy policy will push up private rents, insists industry group](/img/default/lat.png)
Government policy to improve the energy efficiency of the UK’s housing stock will increase rents for tenants. New laws mean that from...
15 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Lifting the Lid on Deposit Disputes](/img/default/lat.png)
Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Concern over £5,000 cost to make buy to lets energy-efficient](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Trade body wants lettings energy efficiency deadlines to be delayed](/img/default/lat.png)
The government is being urged to delay the introduction of new energy efficiency targets in the private rental sector, with a...
18 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![RICS urges agents and landlords to keep up with MEES energy rules](/img/default/lat.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is urging landlords and agents acting on their behalf to bring themselves up to date...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Reminder to agents: new lettings sector energy efficiency rules start today](/img/default/lat.png)
Today sees the first step of a long-term government drive to improve energy efficiency in the private rental sector through the...