With Easter just around the corner, now is a strategic moment to prepare your home for market, before buyer demand peaks and properties move fastest.

Over the past few years, shifting consumer habits, remote working, and economic pressures have reshaped where businesses want to be and what kind of space they actually need. For investors, landlords, and business owners, understanding where demand truly sits in the UK commercial market is key to making smart, future-proof decisions.

Many Landlords feel they’re “up to date” with compliance – gas safety, electrical certificates, EPC ratings – the usual checklist. But there’s one upcoming change that could quietly catch a lot of landlords off guard in 2026: the shift towards mandatory higher energy efficiency standards for rental properties under the government’s EPC reforms.

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