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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
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it is seeing a consolidation of agencies ahead of the ban on agents’ fees...
05 December 2017
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Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday. The...
19 October 2017
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According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...
14 September 2017
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A Westminster Hall debate for MPs on letting agent fees will take place this morning in the House of Commons. The debate...
06 September 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has told its agent members that they should urgently lobby their Members of Parliament to...
18 April 2017
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A prominent campaigner over the misappropriation of rental deposits has welcomed the news that government proposals to ban letting agent fees...
18 April 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is keeping up its campaign against a ban on agents’ fees in England by showing...
29 March 2017
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There are 4,000 jobs at risk if an outright ban comes into force on letting agents’ fees according to new research...
28 March 2017
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A leading insurance company says letting agents and tenants alike will suffer if the government’s proposed ban on fees levied on...
28 March 2017
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Housing minister Gavin Barwell has confirmed that consultation on the government’s proposed ban on letting agency fees levied on tenants in...
23 March 2017
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The substantial majority of landlords who now use letting agents will continue to do so even if they see their premiums...
21 March 2017
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The government’s Housing White Paper may have made many broad pledges aimed at the private rental sector, but it still remains...
08 February 2017
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has repeated it call for the government to ban up-front letting agent fees at the...
01 February 2017
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Tenant referencing and insurance firm FCC Paragon says its own referencing sector, as well as independent letting agents and smaller corporate...
01 February 2017
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The government has published a new set of guidelines for organisations, companies and individuals to lobby the Treasury ahead of the...
03 January 2017
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Some 80 per cent of letting agents say they expect rents to rise next year. In the latest market survey by the...
20 December 2016
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Letting agencies and landlords must club together to campaign for a cap on agents' fees charged to tenants, rather than an...
15 December 2016
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A campaign group has been refocussed with the objective of making the government honour its Autumn Statement pledge to ban letting...
08 December 2016
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The Northern Powerhouse agenda, increased infrastructure investment announced in the Autumn Statement and low entry prices make the north of England...
06 December 2016
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City investment consultancy Jefferies has calculated the impact on landlords if the country’s second largest agency group - LSL Property Services...
30 November 2016
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The managing director of one of the most prominent letting agencies in Edinburgh and Glasgow - where agents’ fees on tenants...
29 November 2016
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The NALS ‘Fair Fees Forum’ - set up before last week’s announcement on the banning of letting agency fees levied on tenants...
29 November 2016
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A letting agency says the scale of confusion over letting agents’ fees is such that some tenants actually believe the deposit...
29 November 2016
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Online estate agent Urban.co.uk says it has created a league table of fees that tenants are charged by agencies in different locations...
25 November 2016
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In the week that the government announced a ban on letting agents levying fees on tenants, one multi-office estate agency has...
25 November 2016
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Many agencies have spoken out in dismay at the announcement by government that letting agency fees on tenants would be banned...
24 November 2016
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Two charities that have been at the forefront of campaigns to have a ban on letting agents’ fees on tenants have...
24 November 2016
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Phillip Hammond has delivered his first Autumn Statement, tackling amongst other things, what he called “the housing challenge.” The speech made no...
23 November 2016
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The government will today announce that it is banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - meaning the fees will instead...
23 November 2016
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The UK is only the 15th best place in Europe to enjoy high returns from buy to let according to currency...
22 November 2016
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More than 92 per cent of landlords believe the government is anti-landlord and want the Chancellor to back them in this...
21 November 2016
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A lettings agent has poured scorn on a survey suggesting a quarter of landlords are about to quit buy to let,...
18 November 2016
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Another prominent mortgage chief has called on the government to show its support for the private rental sector by repealing some...
10 November 2016
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The National Landlords Association has launched an e-postcard campaign for letting agent and landlord members to lobby the government over the...
10 November 2016
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A leading mortgage industry spokesman says he hopes Theresa May's "more balanced approach" to housing policy will trigger government support for...
09 November 2016
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The Residential Landlords’ Association has revealed that it is to meet with Treasury officials ahead of next month’s Autumn Statement -...
27 October 2016
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The British Property Federation is urging Chancellor Phillip Hammond to bring in tax measures to help the purpose-built Build To Rent...
18 October 2016
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As the Conservatives meet at their annual conference and Chancellor Phillip Hammond considers next month’s Autumn Statement, an industry body has...
03 October 2016
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The average rent for a one-bedroom property was £1,010 in August, according to the latest Landbay Rental Index. Between July and August,...
13 September 2016
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The Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the border - has spoken...
16 August 2016
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The Residential Landlords Association says the build up to the new government‘s Autumn Statement - effectively its first budget - is...
25 July 2016
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The managing director of the Association of Residential Letting Agents says urgent action is necessary “to make the prospect of being...
31 March 2016
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Yesterday George Osborne delivered his eighth budget as chancellor, announcing an extra £3.5 billion in spending cuts by 2019-20. The Office for...
17 March 2016
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Landlords’ confidence in the buy to let sector has collapsed to an all-time low and is now “worse than levels witnessed...
03 February 2016
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The Residential Landlords’ Association is taking legal advice on whether George Osborne’s buy to let tax changes are a breach of...
20 January 2016
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The government is asking whether its proposed three per cent stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of second and subsequent homes...
30 December 2015
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Scottish finance minister John Swinney is to introduce a three per cent surcharge on the full purchase price of all ‘additional...
17 December 2015
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The buy to let market has experienced annual growth of no less than 26 per cent between November 2014 and last...
11 December 2015
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The chairman of Berkeley Homes is warning that George Osborne’s latest three per cent stamp duty hike for buy to let...
07 December 2015
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It is not often that a national newspaper dedicates an article to praising buy to let - and even rarer for...
30 November 2015
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There’s been an angry reaction from letting agents and landlords to the shock news that an additional three per cent stamp...
26 November 2015
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- From April 2016 buy to let landlords and people buying second or holiday homes will have to pay an additional...