November 2017

The Government has published a draft Tenant Fees Bill, which details plans to ban letting agent fees paid by tenants. The proposed agent fee ban will mean that tenants in England will no longer have to pay anything other than rent and a refundable deposit. A consultation has also been launched by the government today, on […]

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Since it’s launch three months ago, the research produced by RLA Private Evidence, Analysis and Research Lab (PEARL) has informed policy at one of the world’s leading company’s, informed government debates and in turn has made national headlines. In this Q & A, we chat to Tom Simcock, Senior Researcher at the RLA about the origins […]

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The government has today published its response to the consultation on banning letting agent fees to tenants along with a draft bill. Consultation Response There was a disparity between the views of agents and tenants in terms of the response to the consultation. Most agents felt that the new requirement to publish fees had increased […]

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A Conservative minister has said that the government have ‘no plans’ to introduce business rates for student landlords, in a House of Commons question session held yesterday. CLG Minister Marcus Jones MP was responding to Bristol Labour MP Thangham Debbonaire, who asked ministers if the DCLG would look at bringing student accommodations within the scope […]

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It’s 10 years since the first tenancy deposit schemes were introduced in the UK, and five years ago the RLA launched its DepositGuard service with TDS, which allows the RLA to offer tenancy deposit protection to self-managing landlords. Members frequently post their questions around tenancy deposits in our forum In this week’s Forum Spotlight we take a look at a […]

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