Green issues

Landlords will have to foot the bill for the government’s energy efficiency proposals without any apparent tax or grant help.That’s the pessimistic assessment from tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg, whose head of property - Heather Powell - says: “Government...

The Telegraph has run an article warning that 'People are sleepwalking into buying properties that could soon plunge in value or become unsaleable due to looming red tape' Landlords cannot let a property with an EPC rating lower than 'E' unless they have a valid...

Councils in Arun and Chichester have been given funding to improve energy efficiency standards in privately rented properties across the two districts. Since April last year, privately rented homes must meet a minimum energy performance rating of Energy Performance...

A council in a largely-rural area of Suffolk is the latest to have won additional funding to push landlords into making their properties increasingly energy-efficient.Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Council is one of a number in the county to have secured a total of...

New Shawbrook Bank research has found that 17% of landlords had made efforts to improve the energy efficiency of their property, rising to 22% of portfolio landlords (landlords with four or more buy-to-let properties). New rules are due to come into force in 2025 and...

Over 40,000 families living in cold and draughty rented properties across 59 local authorities in England and Wales could get warmer homes under plans to help councils clamp enforce the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard. The Department of Business, Energy and...