Search Results for: Tenant Fees Act
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Regulation & Law
‘We’ve become unpaid civil servants’ says frustrated estate agent
Des Simmons of south coast firm Bournecoast says the level of work being done by property industry for the Government is 'unsustainable'.
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Auctions
AUCTION UPDATE: Residential sales driving resilience in auction market
The latest property auction market insights from Essential information Group's David Leary reveals the dominance of residential sales.
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Estate agency overturns ‘excessive’ fine from London council
Home London appealed against the penalty from Barnet Council for failing to pay back the whole of a £500 holding deposit.
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Guest Blogs
BLOG: Renters’ Rights Bill an opportunity for letting agents
As the Bill progresses to its Second Reading Steve Richmond from Reapit considers the opportunities this controversial legislation presents to the industry.
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Regulation & Law
UPDATE: Tribunal says Foxtons’ cleaning fee was prohibited payment
Tenant reveals he was told to pay a cleaning fee before he could 'check out' which has been judged to be a prohibited payment, but agency is now "considering the matter".
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Resources
The Ombudsman Files – A high price for an early exit
The Property Ombudsman, Rebecca Marsh, reviews a case where an agent gave the early termination fee to the landlord instead of the tenant.
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Latest property news
Tribunal orders agent to repay ‘holding deposit’
RSB Estate Agents must pay a £500 deposit back to tenant Andrea Aakanksha after trying to add extra charges.
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Features
How to make the lettings business easier
If lettings is getting you down, there are ways to ease the pressure, says Lisa Isaacs, so don’t throw the towel in just yet.
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Features
Safe as houses
Tenant deposits used to be pretty straightforward –looking after a pile of cash – but these days there is a lot more to it, as Charlotte Flake explains.
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Latest property news
Estate agency leaders say new eviction powers for landlords will ‘overwhelm courts’
Propertymark welcomes the Government's plan to deal with problem tenants, but warns that existing courts will not cope with caseload.
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