{"id":25993,"date":"2024-09-04T16:39:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T15:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/?p=25993"},"modified":"2024-09-04T16:39:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T15:39:36","slug":"landlords-taking-steps-to-up-their-epc-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2024\/09\/04\/landlords-taking-steps-to-up-their-epc-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Landlords taking steps to up their EPC game\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Research has found that some landlords are improving the energy performance of their properties even though it is no longer a potential legal requirement.  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Keen landlords  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Last year proposed regulations for all private rental properties to have a minimum EPC rating of C were shelved. However, 37% of portfolio landlords are still upgrading their properties to meet that standard1<\/sup>. In fact, nearly a third (32%) only own properties with a minimum rating of C.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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What\u2019s the timescale?  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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About 28% of landlords going ahead with work expect all their properties to have an EPC rating of C within one to two years. On the other hand, 17% think it could take them at least five years.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Not all enthusiasts  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Some landlords were not so keen on making improvements, with 16% postponing work until legislation is potentially introduced. One in 10 said that the proposed regulations had no effect on their portfolio strategy.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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The advantages  <\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Regardless of whether it\u2019s a legal requirement, there are many benefits to upgrading the EPC rating of a property.  By improving the energy efficiency, the running costs of the property are reduced and the property\u2019s value is likely to increase.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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1<\/sup>Paragon Bank, 2024  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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As a mortgage is secured against your home or property, it could be repossessed if you do not keep up mortgage repayments<\/strong> <\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research has found that some landlords are improving the energy performance of their properties even though it is no longer a potential legal requirement.    Keen landlords    Last year proposed regulations for all private rental properties to have a minimum EPC rating of C were shelved. However, 37% of portfolio landlords are still upgrading their properties […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":25994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,91],"tags":[],"hd_content_source":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25993"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25998,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25993\/revisions\/25998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25993"},{"taxonomy":"hd_content_source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_content_source?post=25993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}