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A push to boost the energy efficiency of British homes is at risk of collapse due to insufficient funding and systemic flaws in the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) framework…

Buy-to-let lenders are looking to future-proof their mortgage portfolios by reassessing how they lend against properties with lower energy efficiency, according to new research. A minimum energy performance certificate rating of band C will be mandatory on all properties starting a new private rental tenancy agreement from 2028 and for all private rented homes from … Read more

Buy-to-let lenders are beginning to restrict access to some of the best mortgage deals for properties with energy efficiency ratings below EPC band C. Research by property data specialist Cotality reveals, however, that some lenders could go even further and start declining all five-year fixed-rate BTL mortgages on properties rated below band C…

Labour’s latest EPC idea would be laughable if it weren’t so pernicious Energy efficiency controls will soon be imposed beyond the private rental sector…

Government committee warns landlords don’t value EPCs Landlords face “death by a thousand clipboard checks” over new EPC rules that have come into force. The government announced the biggest changes in the way Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are assessed in more than a decade, with the introduction of the Reduced Data Standard Assessment Procedure (RdSAP)…

Landlords face soaring costs and EPC downgrades under new rules Landlords face “death by a thousand clipboard checks” over new EPC rules that have come into force. The government announced the biggest changes in the way Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) are assessed in more than a decade, with the introduction of the Reduced Data Standard Assessment … Read more

Government’s EPC targets for landlords are ‘unrealistic’ The government’s ambitions to boost the energy efficiency of private rented homes are ‘unrealistic’, the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) warns. Current proposals suggest that landlords may have less than two years to improve more than 2.5 million properties to meet a minimum energy efficiency rating of C…

Landlords and letting agents face new EPC rules in two weeks New EPC assessments being described as the “most significant change” in more than 10 years, come into force on 15 June…

Landlords face higher EPC bills as new rules kick in Skipton Building Society has launched what it calls “a transformative retrofit initiative” to help the UK meet net zero targets by 2050.  ‘The Big Retrofit’ is based…

Landlords face higher EPC bills as new rules kick in Buy-to-let owners fear ‘death by a thousand clipboard checks’ under Ed Miliband’s net zero drive…