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Sustainability Series: EVs: The Everywhere Vehicle?
Identifying opportunities and nuances within the electric vehicle changing market for real estate owners
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Meeting the Commercial Property Retrofit Challenge - Part 1: Defining a Strategy
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Does hybrid work lower carbon emissions?
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UK Budget 2023: real estate and sustainability key highlights
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Will buyers pay a premium for energy efficient homes?
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COP15, Land use, Green burgers, Robotic grants
The Knight Frank Rural Property and Business Update – Our weekly dose of news, views and insight from the world of farming, food and landownership
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The impact of higher mortgage rates
Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe
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COP 27 – what it means for real estate
Weather and climate have come under sharp focus as the battle to reduce global carbon emissions continues.
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Soft mobility uptake influencing real estate investment
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Improving your EPC rating could increase your home’s value by up to 20%
With more than half of existing homes carrying an EPC rating of D or below, the scale of the challenge is considerable.
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Swedish wood, Nutrient neutrality, Borrowing costs
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The energy efficiency of a home has become more important to 80% of buyers in the past year
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