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The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

A lettings agency chief in Scotland says the upcoming ban on agents levying fees on tenants - to be introduced in...

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...

March 19 has been set as the next date for the Welsh equivalent of the Tenant Fees Ban Bill to be...

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 published an independent assessment of its Tenants Fees Bill proposal - the ban on fees levied by letting...

Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...

ARLA says it can help agents understand the intricacies of the Tenants Fees Ban, which completed its third reading in the...

Today’s vote in the House of Commons on Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal may be dominating the headlines but it’s the...

The government says it will not reveal an implementation date for the banning on agents’ fees on tenants in England until...

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...

An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...

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

The Tenant Fees Bill is back in Parliament this week when it goes for its Second Reading in the House of...

The government has announced that the Report Stage for the Tenants’ Fees Bill will be held on September 5, the day...

The government has written to two senior MPs in a bid to clarify two detailed provisions in the Tenants Fees Bill,...

The chief of what is described as Britain’s largest lettings agency has told an influential group of MPs that the proposed...

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...

A prominent campaigner for alternatives to traditional rental sector deposits is welcoming the government’s commitment to consider the issue in the...

A consumer group says that the Tenants Fees Bill - which will eventually ban letting agents’ fees levied on renters -...

The Communities and Local Government Select Committee says it is to begin “pre-legislative scrutiny” of proposals to ban tenant fees imposed...

Campaigning lettings agency chief Ajay Jagota says he is unconvinced by government plans to make it a criminal offence for letting...