Search Results for: Tenant Fees Act
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Regulation & Law
Letting agency dissolved days after Tenant Fees Act ruling
Fresh New Homes Limited has been wound up after property tribunal ordered it to repay holding deposit.
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Rental market
Property industry rejects claim tenants have ‘saved millions’ since Tenant Fees Act
Letting agents say that whatever renters saved in feLetting agents say that whatever renters saved following the Tenant Fees Act, they have ended up paying in increased property rents.es they have ended up paying in increased rents.
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Letting agents have lost fees worth £900m since Tenant Fees Act
Generation Rent claims tenants have avoided fees totalling £889 million since the act came into force six years ago.
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Property industry rejects Tenant Fees Act ‘success’ claim
Estate agents are united in their condemnation of a claim that the Tenant Fees Act 2019 has worked and saved tenants £400.
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Regulation & Law
Tenant Fees Act ‘a success’ by saving renters £400 per tenancy
The 2019 legislation has reduced the average cost of a new tenancy significantly, new research claims.
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Regulation & Law
COURTS: Latest Tenant Fees Act ruling is warning to letting agents
Tribunal judge rules that charging early-exiting tenants for lost rent and agency fees constitutes a prohibited payment under the Act.
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Regulation & Law
Tribunal hands down important decision on Tenant Fees Act
It has been decided by the Tribunal that a person leaving a shared property after a fixed-term tenancy ends cannot be charged to reference new tenants if one of the existing tenants decides to stay.
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LAW: Landlord rapped after flouting Tenant Fees Act rules
Constantin Boca of Kilburn Property Investors Ltd could not ask for more than a week's rent as deposit, tribunal rules.
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Regulation & Law
EXCLUSIVE: Propertymark warns agents on perils of Tenant Fees Act
Agents and landlords should revisit the list of permitted payments to ensure they are compliant and do not fall foul of the Act
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Foxtons falls foul of Tenant Fees Act after demanding prohibited payment
Firm claimed its £750 'agency fee' was allowed because the tenancy was a short-let, but Tribunal judge disagreed.
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