Tenant Fees Act
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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
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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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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Housing tribunal orders agent to repay rental deposit to tenant
Letting agent failed to return holding deposit within 14-day period specified under the Tenant Fees Act.
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Agency and landlord win battle over ‘fair fees’ after tenants break contract
Tribunal judge deems charges for 'lost rent' and new tenancy set-up fees of over £2,000 to be reasonable.
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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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Judge’s ‘odd’ decision to halt eviction over replacement deposit fee raises concerns
Experts say eviction judge is wrong but worry that decision will create informal legal precedent about Tenant Fees Act 'prohibited payments'.
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London agency fined £2,000 over Tenant Fees Act breach
Portico, which was bought by Leaders Romans in October, received the Tenant Fees Act penalty after trying to charge renter £195 to quit property.
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Features
‘No Pets’ no more?
Love them or hate them, landlords may have to start accepting tenants’ pets by law. But this new proposal really hasn’t been thought through, says Frances Burkinshaw.
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New commission-based approach to rent guarantor service
Rent guarantor service, Housing Hand, says trials of a 'batched-based' commission structure are underway with selected agents.
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