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According to a poll of 1,476 renters by SpareRoom the ongoing housing crisis (85%) tops the list of key priorities to...

New analysis by insurance giant Aviva reveals that one in every 13 new homes built in England in the last decade...

A property expert claims capital values on properties should drop significantly if they are not considered appropriately energy efficient. “Homes which aren’t...

Large upfront costs are deterring landlords and other home owners from making their homes more energy efficient, according to Lloyds Bank...

A new study claims that two thirds of privately rented homes require urgent energy efficiency improvements - and that landlords need...

MPs from a range of opposition parties are pressing the government to reinstate the stricter energy efficiency rules for landlords, recently...

The National Residential Landlords Association is warning that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s scrapping of revised EPC targets at the end of...

Landlords looking to optimise capital appreciation on their properties may be alarmed at a siren warning from an insurance company. One Sure...

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

Lettings agents’ body Propertymark says its proposal for tax incentives to be offered for landlords is one measure under consideration by...

The Welsh Government should consider tax incentives to support improvements to the energy efficiency of private rented housing, according to a...

The Boiler Upgrade Scheme - launched in May 2022 and open to landlords as well as homeowners - is failing to...

A £50m scheme to bring more empty homes back to life in Wales - but private land are excluded from applying. The...

The ongoing cost of living crisis has caused many to tighten their belts and limit their heating usage.  The extraordinary rises in...

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has set out a radical programme of devolution to local authorities at city and county level...

While many eyes have been focused on COP27 in recent weeks, a massive sea change in sentiment and investment towards climate...

A formal consultation that saw an overwhelming number of responses opposed to extend notice periods to six months has been ignored...

The Santander bank says buyers - landlords and owner occupiers alike - are showing more interest in buying energy efficient homes. The...

Whether it’s increasing the amount we recycle, choosing sustainable products, or reducing our carbon footprint by limiting the amount we travel,...

No it’s not an April Fool - some tenants in Wales are experimenting with an alternative to radiators and heat pumps....

A lettings agency is to hold free events to support landlords ahead of what it calls a “landmark transformation” in rental...

Trade unions in Scotland are demanding that local council candidates sign a pledge to support “urgent” rent controls in that country. The...

An alliance of 25 major charities have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak, calling for urgent action...

Labour is the latest political party to call for rent controls following similar pleas from the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists. Paul...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

Shelter has given what appears to be unconditional support to the SNP-Green proposals for reform of the private rental sector in...

With currently less than four years before all new tenancies need to be in properties rated EPC ‘C’ or above, there...

A cross-party survey of MPs shows that they want to scale up the installation of renewable heating technologies in existing homes,...

A lettings agent claims progress on climate change and energy efficiency is likely to be undermined by what he calls “dodgy...

The UK government’s target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 has necessitated the introduction of initiatives aimed at reducing fossil...

Climate change is at the top of the political agenda this week thanks to Cop26 taking place in Glasgow in a...

A piecemeal approach to how the private rental sector meets government climate change targets is fraught with problems, the landlords trade...

Landlords can be forgiven for being exasperated by the government’s exhortations to go green.   I don’t need to rehearse here again...

With landlords under pressure to improve energy efficiency, a new report suggests that even significant improvements in EPC levels won’t be...

A tax expert is warning professional and amateur landlords that if they switch from conventional rentals to Airbnb-style short lets for...

There’s a warning today that some office-to-resi and shop-to-resi conversions - often thought to be popular purchases by buy-to-let investors -...

Landlords will have to spend thousands to meet new government demands to improve energy efficiency in rental properties. Geospatial technology company Kamma...

It appears that the government is considering a replacement for the ill-fated Green Homes Grant, which was to have helped thousands...

Landlords in the holiday let market in Wales look almost certain to face hefty new barriers under proposals being considered by...

The government has come up with another bright idea which will impact landlords’ rental properties - changes to the availability of...

The pandemic-related debts of tenants and landlords should be top of the in tray of the new housing minister in Wales. That’s...

The government is axing the Green Homes Grant scheme from 5pm on March 31 - putting a much criticised scheme out...

Specialist buy to let lender Paragon has taken the unusual step of issuing a so-called Green Bond to fund attempts to make...

A call has gone out for the overhaul of the Green Homes Grant scheme, which so far has left thousands of...

The chaos surrounding the government’s Green Homes Grant, which was to have helped thousands of landlords and owner occupiers, appears to...

Up to 50,000 rental homes in the countryside could be sold off if the government presses ahead with stricter energy efficiency...

The government-backed reinsurance service Flood Re claims there’s substantial tenant support for the introduction of a Flood Performance Certificate. An FPC, similar...

Two players in the domestic energy industry are warning landlords that it will be an expensive exercise to meet predicted future...

Gas boilers may be the next big issue for the private rental sector as an influential committee has called for them...

The government has launched an official consultation on proposals to make the private rental sector more energy-efficient - and they include...

Brexit, climate change and the environment, and education are the top three issues for tenants as they prepare to cast their...

Scottish Land & Estates is calling on the Scottish government to ensure that private landlords who provide affordable homes to rent have...

On 13th March the Chancellor announced that it will be illegal to install gas boilers in new build homes from 2025....

Investing in residential properties can be a great way to accumulate wealth. But before parting with your cash, an investment strategy...

The Scottish government is being urged to set a higher benchmark for the energy efficiency of private rented homes to help...

New proposals to ensure all privately rented homes north of the border meet a minimum standard of energy efficiency have been...

Landlords in Cumbria are being offered grants to install gas or oil fuelled central heating systems in their homes for free...

Landlords are being urged to make improvements to their rental properties by installing effective heating controls systems to offer tenants greater...