Rightmove Greener Homes Report 2024

Launched in October 2024, our third Greener Homes Report uses our whole-of-market data to track the progress towards sustainable homes.

We outline the current obstacles, and suggest ways to accelerate the transition to a greener housing stock. We also look at the emergence of a ‘green wealth divide’, the impact of the new government’s 2030 EPC targets for rental homes, and the things that could be done to help households go greener.

And we reveal the opinions of thousands of home-owners, renters and landlords, to show how people are feeling about the progress that’s been made, as well as what could come next.

Key insights:

• At least 18 million homes – over half of all housing stock – need improvements to reach an EPC rating of C, costing over £196.7 billion, around £10,907 per household
  
• 50% of properties valued over £1 million have significantly improved their rating since their last EPC, compared to only 32% of properties valued under £400,000
  
• In the rental market, an estimated 2.9 million properties need to be improved to reach an EPC C rating, which would cost £23.4 billion – around £8,074 per property for a landlord
  
• Half of landlords (50%) are concerned that the government will introduce costly charges for not meeting EPC requirements

You can read the Greener Homes Report 2024 in full here.

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