Data taken from the English Housing Survey shows that 44.9% of properties in the private rental sector have attained an EPC between A and C, while 43.3% of owner-occupiers have achieved the same. 2.18 million PRS properties had reached EPC A-C in 2022, up from 830,000 a decade earlier. As a result, according to their analysis, the energy efficiency of PRS properties now outperforms owner-occupied homes.
Richard Rowntree, Managing Director of Mortgages at Paragon Bank, said: “It’s encouraging to see portfolio landlords continuing to enhance their properties so they meet EPC C or higher, despite the proposed regulations being shelved.
“These landlords will join almost a third more who have carried out sustainability-focused upgrades or purchased property already benefitting from energy-saving technology, highlighting the commitment amongst portfolio landlords to improve the standard of privately rented homes for tenants.”
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