{"id":144935,"date":"2024-06-03T15:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/are-energy-performance-certificates-worth-the-paper-theyre-written-on\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T15:18:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T08:18:44","slug":"are-energy-performance-certificates-worth-the-paper-theyre-written-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/are-energy-performance-certificates-worth-the-paper-theyre-written-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Are energy performance certificates worth the paper they\u2019re written on?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nEPCs are meant to be a vital insight into how energy efficient a property is. But many are out of date and can be misleadingMost UK homes have one, and they are supposed to provide a vital insight into how energy-efficient a property is. But can energy performance certificates (EPCs) actually be relied on?Calls are growing for a thorough overhaul of the regime amid claims that the information in many may be inaccurate and misleading. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/article\/2024\/jun\/03\/are-energy-performance-certificates-worth-the-paper-theyre-written-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are energy performance certificates worth the paper they\u2019re written on?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; EPCs are meant to be a vital insight into how energy efficient a property is.&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-BHF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61032,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/let-homebuyers-borrow-more-on-energy-efficient-properties-urges-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":144935,"position":0},"title":"Let homebuyers borrow more on energy efficient properties, urges report","date":"July 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Making energy ratings a factor in mortgage offers could let people borrow \u00a34,000 to \u00a311,500 more, says Lenders groupHomebuyers could take out bigger mortgages if the energy ratings of properties were factored into the lending criteria of banks and building societies, government-funded research has found.Although estate agents are legally\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":145113,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/energy-performance-certificates-are-unreliable-and-need-reform-says-which\/","url_meta":{"origin":144935,"position":1},"title":"Energy performance certificates are unreliable and need reform, says Which?","date":"June 18, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Investigation finds assessors providing inaccurate EPCs and unhelpful advice to homeownersThe consumer group Which? 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