The head of an online lettings agency says tenants are now left confused by what she calls “ill thought-out policy changes” to the private rental sector.
In our first flat, we didn’t have a dining table, so we were eating on the floor, sometimes seeing the odd mouse running past us”, Sam remembers. Their flatmate Alex adds that it was, however, the best flat they have lived in so far as stud...
A new code of practice for lettings agents has come into force in Scotland with the aim of improving standards and giving landlords and tenants more rights.
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The code sets out the standards to be met by anyone engaged in lettings including specific requirements around how clients’ money should be handled. It also makes it compulsory for businesses to have Client Money Protection and professional indem...
The ban will come into force next year
Letting agents could soon be banned from charging tenant’s fees under new Government plans.
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The draft Tenant Fees Bill will see letting fees for tenants being banned in the UK, but some expect the quality of service from agents to go down with their profits. Could landlords be better off self-managing their rentals?
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A letting agent has been spared jail despite stealing over £7,600 from tenants to subsidise his failing business.
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