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Guidance from Trading Standards suggests that it is possible, in some cases, to charge tenants to view a property to let...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
There have been just 17 First Tier Tribunal cases involving allegations of fees charged to tenants in contravention of the Tenants...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
Shelter is calling for stricter enforcement against letting agents in Northern Ireland which it claims are illegally charging tenants fees for...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A solicitor has urged the government not to reform or scrap Section 21 eviction powers simply on the basis of protests...
28 October 2019
From: Breaking News
We are at the beginning of the end for let only tenancies which have effectively been subsidised in the past by...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Two tenants who campaign against lettings fees are claiming victory after refusing to pay charges for renewing their tenancies. The agency was...
06 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Data from Rightmove suggests that demand from tenants looking for a new home has soared seven per cent since the Tenants...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News
The Tenant Fees Act comes into effect in England tomorrow - but a senior lettings expert is questioning whether it will...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The National Landlords Association says it’s concerned the Fees Ban coming into effect in just two days’ time may limit access...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency chief in Scotland says the upcoming ban on agents levying fees on tenants - to be introduced in...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News
An estate agency that describes itself as a ‘social enterprise’ says it will spend its profits on the homeless and related...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News
It’s been revealed that the Welsh version of the Tenants Fees ban will come into effect on September 1. “Agents need to...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
March 19 has been set as the next date for the Welsh equivalent of the Tenant Fees Ban Bill to be...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News
A senior Labour politician claims that “unscrupulous” letting agents are hammering tenants with higher-than-usual charges between now and June 1 when...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News
The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News
The Let Leeds agency has completed on the acquisition of another firm in the city, Milnes Walker - and the purchase...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Another major franchise agency says its preparation work ahead of the June 1 tenants fees ban mean the impact of the...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News
The tenants’ fees ban coming into effect from June 1 could help traditional lettings agents keep their place on High Streets,...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News
The government has published an independent assessment of its Tenants Fees Bill proposal - the ban on fees levied by letting...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has given an upbeat snapshot of the lettings market in Prime Central London, based mostly on higher rental growth...
31 January 2019
From: Breaking News
ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Today’s vote in the House of Commons on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal may be dominating the headlines but it’s the...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Online letting agency MakeUrMove has launched a new subscription model which it claims will ”ready landlords for the incoming tenant fee...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News
The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...
02 January 2019
From: Breaking News
The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...
31 December 2018
From: Breaking News
Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News
An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News
The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News
The Tenant Fees Bill is back in Parliament this week when it goes for its Second Reading in the House of...
08 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...
30 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The government has written to two senior MPs in a bid to clarify two detailed provisions in the Tenants Fees Bill,...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News
The chief of what is described as Britain’s largest lettings agency has told an influential group of MPs that the proposed...
07 June 2018
From: Breaking News
A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News
A high-profile landlord says the upcoming ban on letting agent fees 'can't come soon enough'. Writing a column in the Evening Standard's...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News
A prominent campaigner for alternatives to traditional rental sector deposits is welcoming the government’s commitment to consider the issue in the...
15 May 2018
From: Breaking News
A consumer group says that the Tenants Fees Bill - which will eventually ban letting agents’ fees levied on renters -...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News
An agency operating in London and Essex has launched an online petition to oppose the ban on credit and debit card...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News
The Communities and Local Government Select Committee says it is to begin “pre-legislative scrutiny” of proposals to ban tenant fees imposed...
20 November 2017
From: Breaking News
Campaigning lettings agency chief Ajay Jagota says he is unconvinced by government plans to make it a criminal offence for letting...