The latest research from Searchland, the development site sourcing specialists, reveals that investing in improving the EPC rating of a property before selling can increase sale profits by more than £28,000. Searchland has analysed the estimated value premiums associated with improving a property’s EPC rating and measured it against the costs […]
The changing of the seasons is well underway, as the warmth of the summer becomes all the more distant a memory in place of seemingly endless wind and rain. While the Autumn has been a relatively mild one thus far, the dropping temperatures have nonetheless got many of us digging […]
Since April 2018, landlords in England and Wales have only been able to contract new tenancies if the property in question has an energy performance rating of E or better. A further statutory instrument has been passed which specifically addresses the situation of landlords who are unable to access financing […]
Landlords have until April 1st to make the necessary changes to ensure that their properties meet the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards, or face being unable to let them out under new tenancies, without an appropriate exemption. Under the Government’s new rules, a rental property must meet a minimum Energy […]
Landlords have just under six months to ensure their rental properties meet the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (MEES). Portico London estate agents explain how the new MEES will work in regards to EPC ratings, the impact the rules will have on landlords, and the steps that you should take […]
