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In 2007, England and Wales tried to fix the broken house-buying process. By 2010, the fix was scrapped. The Home Information Pack only lived for three years — and yet the case for what it tried to do is stronger today than it was then. The quiet revival happening in 2026 deserves more attention than […]
The government has just launched a new public tool that lists every registered MEES exemption and every civil penalty issued against a private rented property in England and Wales. Anyone — tenants, neighbours, prospective buyers, local authorities — can now search by postcode and see what compliance status a rental property holds. For Oxfordshire landlords, […]
The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 went live on 1 May 2026 — exactly one month ago. While the new tenancy rules have dominated the headlines, the quieter story is how they have changed your EPC and MEES options. Section 21 is gone, fixed-term tenancies are gone, and the route landlords used to take to recover […]
A generic property video shows the rooms. A narrated tour with a local area video sells the lifestyle. The difference between the two is the difference between a listing that gets scrolled past and one that gets shared, saved, and called about. Most property videos in 2026 look broadly the same: smooth gimbal shots through […]
Two properties of identical age and construction can receive EPC ratings two bands apart — not because they are different, but because one owner prepared properly for the assessment and the other did not. Half an hour spent before your EPC assessor arrives can be the difference between a D and a C. EPCs in […]
Tenants in England now pay an average of GBP 85 per month more to rent an energy-efficient property than a similar D-rated home. New data from The Mortgage Works confirms what landlords have been telling us for months: EPC ratings are no longer just a compliance tick-box — they are a direct driver of rental […]
With the EPC C deadline set for October 2030, the cost of upgrading your rental property is the biggest concern most landlords have. The good news is that there are more grants, schemes, and tax breaks available right now than at any point in the past decade. Here is every funding option you should know […]
Fifty-one per cent of UK buyers prefer agents with an active social media presence, and one in five Facebook vendor leads results in an instruction. If your agency is not showing up in feeds consistently, you are handing business to the agents who are. Social media has overtaken referrals, open houses, and cold calling as […]
The way your property’s energy performance is measured is about to change completely. The government is replacing the current single EPC rating with four new metrics, and understanding how they work is the key to making smart upgrade decisions before the October 2030 deadline. The new system, called the Home Energy Model (HEM), replaces the […]
Listings with virtual tours receive up to 87% more views and 95% more phone enquiries than those without. If your agency is not yet offering 3D virtual tours as standard, you are leaving instructions and buyer engagement on the table. The way buyers and tenants search for property has changed permanently. Research shows 62% of […]