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LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Sustainability 'not important to house buyers'  In spite of government legislation to make homes more energy efficient, it seems sustainability is still not very important to people using residential property conveyancing services. The energy performance is not a key factor for people deciding whether to buy to a house, according to independent property expert Malcolm Harrison. It comes as Building.co.uk reports that the Treasury is set to give homeowners and people using residential property conveyancing services stamp duty incentives in the Budget. Apparently, a source close to the Department of Energy and Climate Change confirmed the incentive was likely to be part of the government's plans to retrofit the nation's housing stock. Mr Harrison explained that most people will simply ignore an Energy Performance Certificate, which has been borne out by statistics from Consumer Focus showing this document influences just 18 per cent of house purchasers. "It is a tricky issue, but when it comes to homes, people just see what they want and if that is where they would feel they would like to live and whether they can afford to live there," he added. Posted by Gaby Hamerton 
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