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Under the strain of a housing crisis, the UK faces a severe shortage of affordable homes. This is further emphasised by...

Despite a consultation starting back in 2020, the proposed legislation hadn’t progressed through Parliament and no doubt many landlords who faced...

From medieval castles to Elizabethan manor houses, Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces, the UK’s historic buildings are central to our country’s...

Chestertons has launched a new initiative with its e-Bike partner Forest that it hopes will get 5,000 of its customers and...

Over a hundred years before the climate emergency became a global concern, it was recognised that, ‘He who plants a tree,...

By Alan Siggins, indoor ventilation expert and Managing Director of Airflow. Whilst the UK’s focus on Net Zero and green efforts may...

While some landlords may have breathed a sigh of relief following Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s announcement on energy upgrades, I suspect...

There is much debate about energy efficiency right now and about expected changes to minimum EPCs for private rental properties and...

There’s a warning today that confusion over plans to transition rural properties to greener heating systems may be deterring buyers. Trade association...

Mortgage lending criteria and products are failing to keep up with more energy-efficient homebuilding techniques, it has been claimed. The Home Builders...

Just because you don’t live in London - and of course the vast majority of people don’t - doesn’t mean you’ve...

At present, the space heating of homes accounts for roughly 14% of the UK’s annual emissions. If we are to meet...

Leaders has launched its latest sustainable branch. Following the opening of its first sustainable branch in Aylesbury earlier this year, Leaders has...

As a property market expert, I have been closely monitoring the challenges faced by the housing market, particularly the issue of...

All landlords need to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPG), with few exemptions. As a property writer, landlord and Domestic Energy...

This article is partially based on “Plugging in to the Future”, NHBC Foundation, NF90, used by kind permission. As part of the...

New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just 41% of homes in England meet the recommended Energy Performance Certificate...

In November, research conducted by The Housing Forum's Futures Network unearthed concern with the potential to meet the requirements set out...

The rising price of fuel and the wider cost of living crisis are causing significant concern and stress for UK homeowners...

Crest Nicholson has become the first UK housebuilder to have its science-based net-zero aim checked and validated by the Science Based...

The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is the direct result of European Legislation. They were introduced because of the Energy Performance of...

Agents haven't let the festive season get in the way of supporting good causes, and there is a big focus on...

Propertymark has called for Stamp Duty incentives and wider funding to make homes more energy efficient. It comes as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt...

In this feature, Jonathan Daines looks at how landlords can do their bit to make the rental market greener. Global leaders have...

The COP27 UN Climate Conference may be over but environmental challenges remain and one agent is urging others in the sector...

And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...

New-build buyers will save on average around £2,600 a year in energy bills, research claims. Analysis based on Government’s Energy Performance Certificate...

Yorkshire estate agent Dacre Son & Hartley is aiming to offset more than 100 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The brand is...

With sustainability and eco-friendliness becoming more important by the minute, new research has suggested significant amounts of carbon could be saved...

Agents and other property professionals have, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted positively to rumours of a Stamp Duty cut. Prime Minister Liz Truss and...

Amid a cost-of-living crisis, not to mention the uncertainty of a post-Covid economy, real estate businesses across the UK don’t have...

Leaders Romans Group (LRG) has opened its first sustainable branch in Kemptown, Brighton City Centre. The Leaders-branded office has been completely refurbished...

Property marketing provider NicheCom has gained carbon neutral status. It has been working with Carbon Footprint Ltd over the past six months...

A key minister in the Scottish Government has warned that the country faces a ‘monumental but essential task’ if it is to...

A few weeks ago, we saw widespread disruption due to record breaking 40°C heat in the UK. The extreme temperatures caused...

With green issues on the agenda more than ever, homeowners wanting to learn more about making their homes more eco-friendly have...

A typical comment accompanying news of the UK heatwave is that our homes are not built for 40-degree heat. Many residential homes...

The Sustainable Agent eco-scheme has launched as carbon footprint calculator to help prospective members find out what their carbon emissions are...

MPs have called for carbon emissions to be considered when it comes to house building. A report released this week by the Environmental Audit...

A mobile phone may be a decent perk for agents and seen as essential for communicating while out on the road. But...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) is aiming to become the first carbon neutral estate agency network. It has teamed up with...

Agents are being urged to make better use of technology to balance calls for a shorter working week and consumer demand...

A Yorkshire based agent has come up with a novel way of reducing its carbon footprint while conducting viewings with potential...

Propertymark says only a national retrofitting programme  can make UK homes more energy efficient - and it says a new government...

It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...

Propertymark has backed a call for stamp duty incentives to be introduced to drive forward domestic energy efficiency. The trade body’s policy...

The current ratings of the Energy Performance Certificate are under review according to the Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy. A...

A stamp duty cut would provide a long-term to improve energy efficiency on homes, the Chancellor has been told by an...

Propertymark is reiterating its view that energy efficiency and EPC changes being considered by government must take account of property age...

An agency that operates across and around Bristol is the latest to declare its commitment to go carbon neutral. The associate director...

Buying agency Middleton Advisors has made a commitment to go carbon neutral - and its method may be a template for...

Energy Performance Certificates are “misleading” indicators of zero carbon buildings and should no longer be used as official guides to help...

A new membership scheme aiming to increase the industry’s energy efficiency credentials is being launched next year by allAgents. The Sustainable Agent...

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...

A leading estate agency says the government may have to use stamp duty and council tax as incentives to persuade owners...

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...

We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...

Rightmove says sellers who have upgraded their Energy Performance Certificate rating to a C - from a D, E or F -...

Despite increasing public debate and media spotlight on energy efficiency, the issue appears relatively unimportant to seven out of eight buyers according to...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

A new survey shows that there’s just a 1.7 per cent house price premium on homes with EPC ratings A or...

Board company Agency Express has become a carbon neutral business - and that’s official. Working with Carbon Neutral Britain, which advises businesses...

Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox, legal and compliance director of Rightmove, to discuss key government policies...

The government has launched a competition to attract what it calls “the best and brightest talents of the housing industry” to...

The troubled London agency Foxtons says its fleet of branded Minis will go electric - but it has generously set itself...

A sales and lettings agency in the Cotswolds has taken on a fleet of fully electric company cars. The Volkswagen eGolfs selected...

A Labour proposal to dramatically improve energy efficiency in almost every British home would cost an estimated £60 billion. The upgrades would...

All new-build homes could soon be fitted with an electric car charging point. The government has issued a consultation on the move,...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

The demand for rural properties is high, and with 20.7% of England’s population in countryside areas, estate agents have a large...

Greetings from Cannes, where the sun is finally shining over MIPIM. I’m sure many of you are out here, too, and...

In recent years January has become the month of detoxes, fad diets, health kicks such as Dry January and Veganuary, and...

Not so long ago, new UK car sales were racing ahead, fuelled by confidence in the economic recovery, but car production...

A Conservative commitment to allow more fracking is the trigger for conveyancers to gather yet more environmental information during the search...

A housing association has launched an ‘ethical’ sales and lettings agency. Two Rivers Housing Group, based in Gloucestershire, has launched TwoCan, an...