There has been a lot of consolidation in the market of late. Nigel Lewis looks at what’s behind the exceptional spike in business sales.
Read MoreTenant fees ban will increase churn in rental market, it is claimed
Research by lettings platform Goodlord points to more activity as the ban releases renters from the financial cost of moving.
Read MoreBelvoir set to double number of rent guarantee policies as tenant fee ban looms
Belvoir says its partnership with Let Alliance is paying dividends as its franchisees sell more rent guarantee insurance to plug looming tenant fees ban.
Read MoreIt’s begun! Tenant Fees Bill enters Parliament
The government today revealed that the Tenant Fees Bill has now begun its journey through parliament and into law.
Read MoreMPs recommend to tighten up draft Tenant Fees Bill including five-week deposits
Housing committee ignores industry on damage bill may do to housing affordability and letting agent viability, and recommends smaller deposits, tighter rules on other allowable fees and harsher policing.
Read MoreLetting fees ban will NOT become law until at least Spring 2019
The recently-renamed Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG ) does not expect the letting fees ban to come into force until Spring 2019, it has confirmed. In written evidence made…
Read MoreEven landlords support tenant fees ban, claims Welsh minister following consultation
The Welsh Housing Minister has claimed that the “vast majority” of people and organisation who contributed to a recent consultation on letting fees in Wales support her government’s proposed tenant fees ban…
Read More‘Half of landlords in the UK expecting fees rise after ban’
Half of all landlords in the UK expect their agent to pass on the costs of running their property after the draft Tenants Fees Bill becomes law next year, it has been…
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