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Almost four in 10 portfolio landlords are continuing to upgrade their properties to EPC C or above, despite proposed regulations being...

The government has issued a lengthy statement claiming more home owners, including landlords, are fitting heat pumps - yet at the...

A newspaper claims that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants British families to be given higher priority for social housing. Implicitly this may...

The Generation Rent activist group has called for a series of reforms about damp and mould. It wants the reinstatement of energy...

There’s a warning this morning that stricter Energy Performance Certificate measures for the private rental sector may not have gone, after...

Former housing minister Rachel Maclean - the victim of a shock sacking by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last month - has...

Generation Rent and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have jointly slammed landlords who do not improve the EPCs of their private rental...

Many landlords have dropped plans to improve the energy efficiency of their homes following the U-turn by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In...

Almost four fifths of landlords favour raising the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for private rental properties, a think tank claims. The Social...

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

Housing Secretary MIchael Gove is reported to be pressing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to increase Local Housing Allowance in next week’s...

The respected engineering institution the Building Research Establishment says the government must row back from its recent U-turn on rental property...

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

The Renters Reform Bill is to get its long awaited Second Reading on Monday, October 23. The claim comes from the Financial Times...

A prominent property market analyst says he was “gobsmacked” to hear Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tone down the energy efficiency requirements...

There’s been a strong personal attack on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak by anti-landlord activists over the subject of energy efficiency. The Generation...

The Daily Telegraph appears to have uncovered a catch in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s apparent boiler grant giveaway. Last week he announced...

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

The u-turn by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on green policies may be seen by some landlords as a rare piece of...

There’s been widespread relief at the government’s eco U-turn which may lead to thousands of pounds of savings for landlords. Prime Minister...

The top table of the National Residential Landlords Association has met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s team at Downing Street. In addition...

A controversial MP sacked by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak earlier this year says he will take up the cause of landlords...

A newspaper which often carries leaks of new Labour policies has produced an interesting theory on the fate of the Renters...

A vocal group of around 50 Conservative right wing MPs wants an end to stamp duty - except for additional homes...

A survey of homebuyers has revealed opposition to the rumoured return of the Help To Buy initiative to get tenants to...

The government will this week announce a new consultation on private rental sector energy efficiency - in particular, insulation. This will be...

The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill did not even warrant a mention in a key speech yesterday by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

Activist group Generation Rent has started a petition calling on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to freeze private rents this winter. As part...

There’s widespread concern that the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, which meets today, is to unveil a 0.75 per cent...

Landlords are set to lose out on millions of pounds through a clampdown on rental fees after the government yesterday announced...