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![Younger tenants claim “unforeseen” agency fees make them poorer](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/PayingBills-400x310.jpg)
Many young Britons allegedly live beyond their means, blaming high rents and “unforseen” agency charges as contributory reasons. A home insurance company...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards warning letter over letting agent fees](/img/default/lat.png)
A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team. It has come from...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![London Labour Mayor repeats his call for rent controls](/img/default/lat.png)
London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has returned to his campaign to win powers which would allow him to impose rent controls. Khan...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents' Fees Ban: tenants in poorest areas will have to pay more](/img/default/lat.png)
An analysis of 30,000 tenancies by PropTech firm Goodlord suggests that the upcoming ban on tenants’ fees could impact most on...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban - landlords to be hit most, Scottish experience suggests](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Use technology to offset cost of fees ban, says PropTech chief](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the PropTech companies at the centre of the Rent Recognition Challenge contest is calling on letting agents to use...
15 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![MPs to hear evidence on fees ban from ARLA, NALS and others today](/img/default/lat.png)
The select committee monitoring the Department of Housing, Communities and Local Government will continue its deliberations today on the government’s ban...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Criticism of ban and deposit cap; support for client money protection](/img/default/lat.png)
Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Fees Ban confirmed - and you can calculate how much it'll cost you](/img/default/lat.png)
Housing minister Alok Sharma has once again confirmed that the ban on lettings’ agents fees levied on tenants in England will...
15 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing minister told by council to 'act now' on agents fees ban](/img/default/lat.png)
The government has been urged by a London council to act now to end letting fees for private renters. Hackney council says...