The Queen has signed the Tenant Fees Bill, which will come into effect on June 1st this year, although guidance on how it is to be implemented is expected to be published…
Read MoreTenant fees bill passes 2nd Lords reading without amendment
Read how attempts to tighten up holding deposits and how much tenants can be charged when they leave a tenancy early were defeated in the Lords.
Read MoreTenant Fees Bill: Lords hail OpenRent as future of industry
Two peers in the Lords yesterday recommended online-only letting agency OpenRent as the future of the industry during Tenant Fees Bill debate.
Read MoreTenant Fees Bill is too loosely framed, claims Citizens Advice
Citizens Advice is urging peers to support a tightening of the 'default fees' clause within the Tenant Fees Bill going through the Lords today.
Read MoreGovernment to stop agents billing tenants too much for property damage
The government is to ban landlords and estate agents from being billed excessive amounts for minor damage to their rental properties.
Read MoreMayor of London claims Tenant Fees Bill has been ‘watered down’ by government
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan now claims that the Tenant Fees Bill has been watered down by the government and should be tightened up.
Read MoreLandlords planning rent rises BEFORE tenants fees bill kicks in
ARLA’s prediction that landlords will implement rent rises rather than pay the government-imposed additional costs of running their rental properties is already turning out to be true, it has been claimed. As…
Read MoreTenant Fees Bill – MPs unanimously vote through second reading
Letting agents hoping for a miracle defeat for the Tenant Fees Bill last night in the Commons during its second reading were disappointed when it was passed unanimously by MPs following a…
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