The UK government’s Help to Buy (HTB) scheme is ending after nine years and there is currently no planned replacement. Between 1 April 2013 and 31 March this year, 361,075 properties were bought with an equity loan, according to Interactive Investor, representing a total value of £22.5bn. Without the HTB scheme or a
Homes in England and Wales have an average energy efficiency rating of band D, according to the latest data from the Office for National Statistics. Though flats and maisonettes are the most energy-efficient property type, rated at band C, where the most energy-efficient homes in the country have a rating of A and