Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards

Terraced rental street with To Let board and notice

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

06/11/2026

Energy Bill confirms £30,000 fines for EPC failures

The Energy Independence Bill, introduced to Parliament on 4 November, hands councils powers to fine landlords up to £30,000 for energy efficiency breaches, scraps gas standing charges and sets up a Warm Homes Agency ahead of the October 2030 EPC C deadline.

UK rental home energy efficiency upgrades

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

02/10/2026

Barclays: landlords put energy upgrade cost at £9,000

Barclays says mainly landlord real-estate customers put the typical cost of meeting proposed energy-efficiency standards at about £9,000 per property.

Victorian rental terrace during loft insulation retrofit

Buy-to-let Property News, Regulation

25/09/2026

Morningstar: 52% of upgraded rentals stop at EPC E

Morningstar DBRS finds 51.8 percent of previously F- or G-rated rental homes improved only to EPC E, highlighting the scale of work still ahead before 2030.