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27 August 2024
From: Breaking News
It will take no less than 18 years for all private rental properties to achieve an EPC rating of C or...
14 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Home buyers, movers, and existing owners making energy-saving improvements to their properties can now get up to £2,000 cashback from a...
07 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Virgin Money has launched The Retrofit Boost, a new mortgage product designed to help home owners improve their property’s energy efficiency. The...
15 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Almost a quarter of prospective homebuyers plan to make their homes more energy efficient in the hope of securing more favourable...
08 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A huge survey involving analysis of over 14,000 properties suggests an urgent need for the next government to help private rental...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Intermediary the Mortgage Advice Bureau claims to be breaking new ground by partnering with Effective Home to transform the landscape of...
26 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The significant majority of mortgaged residential properties currently below Energy Performance Certificate band C could achieve band C or above by...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
Almost three quarters of Millennial and Gen Z buyers - those aged 18 to 34 - think energy efficiency improvements will...
09 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Specialist lender Hodge has joined forces with Propflo, a PropTech startup, to help customers make their properties more energy-efficient and environmentally...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Rightmove says the housing market needs a more innovative mortgage initiative than the 99 per cent idea floated by the government. The...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
There’s been a surge in enthusiasm for energy efficient homes according to research from heat pump advocates OVO. It says that a...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Jo Breeden, managing director of Crystal Specialist Finance, writes: In his recent speech, the Prime Minister scrapped the proposed changes to EPC...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s been a backlash from the mortgage industry following Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Eco U-turn last week. In recent months a growing...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Molo Finance - which says it’s “the UK’s first fully digital mortgage lender” - has joined with a PropTech startup to...
25 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association wants the government to give additional support to landlords It says the cumulative effects of regulatory and...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Nationwide Building Society has launched a new Home Energy Efficiency Tool to coincide with the debut of new green loan products. The...
06 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Despite Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) changes slowly creeping up, the majority of landlords still have low ratings. If landlords do not comply...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Property maintenance solution provider, Help me Fix, revealed that 74% of homeowners determine that the energy efficiency of their home is important. By surveying...
25 October 2022
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There has been some significant developments internally for Moneyfacts Analyser, the UK’s leading online residential mortgage analysis system. The recent update has...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Precise Mortgages, part of the leading specialist leader OSB Group, recently recognised a gap in the market and decided to expand...
02 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A recent study conducted by Mortgage Advice Bureau has found that one in four households plan to make improvements to reduce...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Specialist savings and lending bank, Shawbrook Bank, released a new report about landlord awareness of property Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings. The report...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News
More than three-quarters of the UK’s period homeowners admit they are unsure of how to improve their properties as part of...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
New research conducted by specialist savings and lending bank, Shawbrook Bank, has revealed that 15% of landlords lack knowledge about impending...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Research from Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has shown that only a quarter (24%) of consumers know what the Energy Performance Certificate...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A webinar poll conducted by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS), one of the leading suppliers of valuation panel management services, has revealed...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
New data from the property website, Rightmove, has revealed the number of homes listed for sale across Great Britain with an...
04 November 2021
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New research from energy company Vattenfall reveals 61% of Brits believe mortgages should be cheaper if they are loaned on homes...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Climate change is one of the greatest threats humanity is facing today. The burning of fossil fuels such as coal and...
15 June 2021
From: PropTech
The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) Europe network has launched a new report to support the growth of the market so...