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Why Buyers Are More Familiar With Any Uk Government Schemes?

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industry they would receive proper training and education regarding changes in their industry even if they are not completely relevant to their line of work. However as estate agents do not have to acquire particular qualifications with regards to property in the UK it is possible that some of the respondents were not passionate about property and do not actively engage in continuous education with regards to property and more specifically sustainability. Even though it is related to their job, knowledge about sustainability and property is not a necessity for them to able to complete their job. Question 3. If you believe buyers are more familiar with certain UK government schemes, please list which of the above those are (can be …show more content…

Additionally, even though these schemes do relate to property they do not necessarily relate to “property value” and therefore it would not be a point of discussion during viewing. Furthermore the results obtained from question 2 indicated a low awareness of estate agents of the available schemes and therefore it is not surprising that buyers have even less awareness. The results from question 3 are however in line with those of question 2, indicating very low awareness of these schemes for both buyers and estate agents. Section 3. Role of sustainability in the residential property market Question 4. Do buyers ask about the sustainable features of properties and average gas and electricity bills per month? Table 6: Question 4 Figure 14: Question 4 Section 3 of the interview consisted of 2 questions that had a goal to evaluate the following objective: role of sustainability in the residential property market. Question 5 seeks to identify whether buyers ask about sustainable features of a property and of gas and electricity bills. 1 participant reported that buyers tend to look for the EPC however this is dependable on whether the buyer is an end user or an investor, such as “Depends if the buyer is an investor or an end user. End users tend to care about the EPC but investors do not.

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