The Conservative Party manifesto promises to abolish HIPs (Home Information Packs) — but will this really be a vote-winner? What have most people, including politicians, not realised about HIPs? And could this harm, not help, the housing market?

Renewables just got a lot more interesting.
From April this year, a scheme will be launched that encourages British homes and small businesses to generate renewable electricity by paying you to produce it.
That means paying you for every unit you produce, up to 5 MWh a year — even what you use yourself.
It makes £0 energy [...]

Commercial EPC compliance is amazingly low, as shown by NHER research — most agents simply don’t realise the buck stops with them. Now, fast-track changes to the EPBD threaten fines worth avoiding and Trading Standards scrutiny you’d be better off without. At least there’s more than twenty seconds to comply…