Tag Result: letting agents

‘Hundreds’ of cases of letting agents still charging illegal fees
Two redress schemes have reported receiving more than 200 complaints from tenants about be...

Tenant fees ban to blame for record rent rises ‒ ARLA
Almost two thirds of letting agents have reported rents rising in July, according to the l...

Sweeping changes recommended to toughen-up estate agent regulation
All property agents should be overseen by a single regulator, with estate agents required ...

Local authorities accused of ‘failing in their duty’ to tackle dodgy letting agents
The National Landlords Association (NLA) has called on local authorities to prosecute more...

Property firms pay £300k in compensation – including £25k by one estate agent
Just under £300,000 was awarded in compensation to consumers as a result of rulings by th...

Ombudsman forces estate agents to make record consumer redress payouts
Estate and letting agents were instructed to make payouts to disgruntled customers worth a...

Property agents must sign up with protection scheme or risk £30,000 fine
New laws published today will force all property agents to sign up to a government-backed ...

Lenders blamed as letting agents accused of discriminating against housing benefit tenants
Letting agents have accused buy-to-let mortgage lenders of forcing landlords and their rep...

Letting agents accused of safety failings by Which?
Consumer champion Which? has accused letting agents of failing tenants, after its undercov...

Council hits letting agents with fines worth £150,000
Tower Hamlets council has fined 27 letting and managing agents across the borough for fail...