Tag: EPC rules

Agents urged to take the lead over tougher landlord EPC rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th December 2025, 9 months ago | 2

Letting agents and mortgage brokers are being pushed to the forefront of preparations for tighter EPC rules, with one leading...

Green Buy-To-Let Mortgages: What EPC Rules Mean for Your Financing

Author: Mark Alexander

10th November 2025, 10 months ago | 0

Energy efficiency has moved from being a “nice to have” to a core requirement in the buy-to-let sector. With government...

More than a third of landlords plan to sell amid RRA turmoil – Simply Business

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2025, 10 months ago | 8

More than a third of landlords could quit the private rented sector within the next year as the Renters’ Rights...

London landlords look to sell before legislation hits

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th September 2025, 11 months ago | 0

Uncertainty over legislation is prompting more London landlords to leave the market, claims an estate agent. Knight Frank reports the...

Landlords face soaring costs and EPC downgrades under new rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th June 2025, 1 year ago | 31

Landlords face “death by a thousand clipboard checks” over new EPC rules that have come into force. The government announced...

HMO landlords brace for chaos as EPC rules could tighten

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th February 2025, 2 years ago | 3

Changes to the EPC system could cause chaos for HMO landlords and short-term lets. Proposals in the EPC consultation suggest...

Landlord organisation demands clarity over government’s net zero strategy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th January 2024, 3 years ago | 0

One landlord organisation has criticised the government for its “sticking plaster approach” in addressing the energy transition to net zero....

Financial strain and abolition of Section 21 are driving landlords out of the PRS

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd January 2024, 3 years ago | 15

“A perfect storm” is how one legal expert describes the difficult position of landlords within the private rented sector (PRS),...

UK landlords were ready for scrapped EPC rules, study shows

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th September 2023, 3 years ago | 30

Most UK landlords had already prepared for the government’s planned energy performance certificate (EPC) legislation, which was scrapped last week...

Majority of landlords won’t buy a property below EPC C

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th September 2023, 3 years ago | 14

More than 71% of landlords are unlikely to buy a property which has an EPC rating of less than C,...

Landlords plan to sell rather than make EPC improvements

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th July 2023, 3 years ago | 3

Landlords would rather sell their properties than make energy efficiency improvements, according to a new Rightmove survey. A consultation on...

How do the government expect us to afford to achieve EPC C rating? 

Author: Readers Question

20th July 2023, 3 years ago | 30

Hello, I own a couple of semi-detached properties on a housing estate built in the mid-70s all of which have...

Nearly 50% of landlords and brokers don’t understand EPC rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th June 2023, 3 years ago | 9

A lack of awareness among brokers and their PRS landlord clients of the proposed changes to Energy Performance Certificate (EPC)...

Out of date EPC causing problems with repossession?

Author: Readers Question

6th June 2023, 3 years ago | 23

Hi, I’ve just had this in a letter from our letting agents… “Renewing your EPC isn’t legally required at this point,...