Sustainability & Net Zero

Sustainability & Net Zero

Good EPC ratings are increasingly important for tenants when considering which properties to rent, it’s been claimed. ...
The latest market snapshot from the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors - out today - shows tenant demand continuing to increase with a net balance of 32 per cent of surveyors reporting a rise. ...
The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has announced a link up with eco organisations in a tree-planting initiative. ...
There’s been a 165 per cent increase in the number of private rental homes with an Energy Performance Certificate rating of A to C in the past decade.  ...
Shocking new research shows that Energy Performance Certificates are inaccurate at best, useless at worst, and easily rigged. ...
A new survey of landlords has revealed a patchy record of awareness of new energy efficiency regulations for the rental sector. ...
The British Property Federation, which typically has relatively little to say about the private rental sector, has issued a series of demands to help improve energy efficiency. ...
Propertymark wants to see more energy-efficient homes, but with realistic targets and incentives to act. ...
Housebuilders have branded a west country council’s decision to ask for all new homes to be net zero as ‘unaffordable' and ‘undeliverable' at scale. ...
Propertymark is querying why there’s no help for the private rental sector to meet energy efficiency targets expressed in a new review led by a former Tory cabinet minister.  ...
Leaders Romans Group is unveiling what it claims is a new ‘sustainable’ branch office for its Portico brand in Fulham, London. ...
The government has been accused of pushing up the cost of home insulation because of a poorly timed public campaign. ...
An all-party and influential committee of MPs says the UK should be put on a war footing to improve the energy efficiency of homes.  ...
Propertymark wants the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy to widen access to cash help to those that need it and to ensure the application process is streamlined for landlords and property agents. ...
The volatile economy is forcing small agencies and other modest-sized businesses to put on hold millions of pounds of spending on energy-saving measures, a new study has revealed. ...
Landlords are selling up and rents are rising as a...
This is apparent in the prime lettings segment, it's claimed...
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