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A report by the National Audit Office claims that the way private renting is regulated makes the sector unfair to renters. It...

Westcountry agency Stags has been the subject of a low level complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The complaint concerned fees not...

The government - which over the weekend made a surprise move to try to stop landlords banning tenants from keeping pets...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is to overhaul the model tenancy contract to make it easier for tenants to have pets. A surprise statement from the...

One of the highest profile buy to let mortgage lenders predicts that 2020 will see increasing numbers of investors going into...

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...

A lettings agent in London has been fined for the third time in as many years – this time for failing...

The consumer charity Citizens Advice has hailed the Tenant Fees Act and the ban on letting agents’ charges to renters as...

Latest lettings market data from high-end agency Knight Frank shows that average rents in prime central London rose 1.1 per cent...

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...

A senior Labour politician claims that “unscrupulous” letting agents are hammering tenants with higher-than-usual charges between now and June 1 when...

The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...

The government has made the controversial claim that the ban on the levying of fees on tenants will not produce “significant...

Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...

The government has this afternoon confirmed that the amount tenants have to pay up front to secure a home will be...

LetsBid, a digital online auction service for lettings and sales, has extended its pre-screening service for agents with a new agreement...

A Member of Parliament who says “the majority of agents” engage in “dirty tactics” when it comes to fees imposed on...

The industry has reacted angrily to the announcement yesterday that the Tenants’ Fees Bill is now formally starting its progress through...

A new analysis by campaigning housing organisation Shelter claims the changes within the private rental sector could indirectly lose the next...

Proposals to cap security deposits for private rented housing to six weeks rent risk creating a charter for rent cheats warns...

Trade bodies including ARLA, RICS, NALS and landlord organisations have met with the government to send a clear message - think...

The National Landlords Association says 20 per cent of its members plan to reduce the size of their portfolios in the...

The government has told NALS that implementation of the ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants will not take place...

The Communities and Local Government committee of MPs will on Monday hear their first oral evidence of the year for the...

Government proposals to ban letting agent fees levied on tenants next year are unlikely to make renting cheaper as new research...

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...

An attempt by a Labour council to encourage letting agencies to get ahead of the curve and scrap fees for tenants...

The government has been urged by a London council to act now to end letting fees for private renters.   Hackney council says...

The Welsh Government is now kicking off a similar consultation process to that conducted by the Department for Communities and Local...

Belvoir, which has over 300 high street offices, has acquired Brook Financial Services Ltd, which trades as Mortgage Advice Bureau, in...

The government has revealed that it has received over 4,700 responses to its official consultation over the proposed ban on letting...

The Queen’s Speech, outlining the government’s proposals for the next two years, has confirmed a pledge to introduce a ban on...

Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...

The anti-letting agency fee pressure group Generation Rent is urging its supporters to participate in the government formal consultation over agents’...

A trade body has suggested that the General Election on June 8 may lead to a government with new priorities, meaning...

A prominent campaigning letting and sales agent predicts that the Conservatives are likely to put their proposed ban on letting agency...

The ban on letting agents in England imposing fees on tenants is unlikely to be implemented before late next year according...

The Liberal Democrats appear to be taking what they see as the credit for the government’s commitment to ban letting agents’...

Letting Agent Today’s Conor Shilling was in the audience of The Great Buy To Let Debate - always one of the...

Shelter - the campaigning charity many feel has had influence on government policies for the lettings sector - has now turned around and...

The government’s Housing White Paper may have made many broad pledges aimed at the private rental sector, but it still remains...

The number of buy to let transactions across England and Wales has fallen 8.2 per cent in one month and is down an...

The National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) has called for a cap on excessive letting fees charged to tenants, instead of a...

easyProperty says it’s backing a Labour MP’s bid to cap letting agents‘ fees on tenants “in order to provide a more...

Campaign group Generation Rent is running a research project into letting agent fees via a comparison website named Letting Fees UK. The...

One of the country’s top lettings experts says last year’s law changes concerning the increased transparency of agents’ fees have “missed...

One of five people vying for selection as Labour’s candidate in the 2016 London Mayoral election says private sector rents can...