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A PropTech entrepreneur is advising landlords worried about red tape to use letting agents. Neil Cobbold, managing director of rental payment service...

An analysis of inner London data from the government’s non-domestic EPC register suggests huge volumes of commercial property may be unsettable...

Landlords have been told that time is running out to apply for funding to improve the energy efficiency of their homes...

Landlords in England are being encouraged to contact their local council to find out if they are eligible to access government...

The government has announced plans for a £1 billion scheme - called ECO+ - which will see hundreds of thousands of...

Landlords, private tenants and owner occupiers in Warwick are encouraged by their council to apply for funding to improve energy efficiency...

Citizens Advice wants landlords and tenants in a specific part of the country to help inform government about improving the uptake...

A trade body is calling for a partnership with the government to push the domestic heating market towards heat pumps as...

The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has now opened its controversial boiler upgrade scheme. Landlords across England and Wales as...

Cotswold council, using cash from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, is targeting properties that fall below the minimum...

A local council is inviting landlords within its boundaries to take up funding from a £49,057 pot it has to improve...

A council in a largely-rural area of Suffolk is the latest to have won additional funding to push landlords into making...

A council in the north of England has identified 166 private rental properties within the district that do not comply with...

A council says it’s offering landlords what it calls ‘an enforcement amnesty’ if they have failed to bring their rental units...

A council says it’s going to spend £70,000 of central government money to help “engage” with landlords over issues of energy...

The government has today announced a new cash injection for councils to clampdown on landlords whose properties fail to meet energy...

The government should factor in the property market’s huge regional variations when offering landlords incentives to become more energy efficient. That’s the call...

A local council is one of the first to be offering new Go Green Grants to landlords to improve energy efficiency...

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

A prominent lettings agency chief says tenants are becoming more eco-conscious, putting increased emphasis on landlords to meet expectations. Mike Cook -...

Revised guidance from the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy outlines how landlords and other applicants can handle Green Homes...

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

As new details regarding the new Green Homes Grant emerge, landlords should hopefully be in a better position to assess whether...

A cap limiting landlord spending on energy efficiency improvements to £3,500 should be scrapped and replaced with a new £5,000 figure,...

The government is planning to reform Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) in a bid to make them more effective drivers of energy...

Buy-to-let landlords with existing tenancies on properties rented out in the private rented sector are being reminded to take note of...

There is still a worrying lack of awareness regarding new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) being introduced next month, according to...

The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES) Regulations make it unlawful from April 2018 to let domestic and commercial buildings in England...

Up to 330,000 buy-to-let landlords will be required to pay a “green tax” of up to £5,000 to make their properties...