Fees ban – landlords will pay, Brexit market impact, agent jailed




<span style="font-size: 18px;">Tenant fees ban: landlords will absorb extra costs</span>

The tenant fees ban is great news for tenants, but how will the costs of setting up a tenancy be covered?

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Sellers frustrated by Brexit uncertainty

Data collected by software specialist, Reapit, suggest sellers are keeping their properties on the market for longer while waiting for a Brexit decision.

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Zoopla reveals what vendors are looking for from agents

Zoopla research shows that transparency and openness about fees and the selling process are factors that were ranked highest by vendors.

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St Helens estate agent jailed

Estate agent from St Helens has been jailed for four-and-a-half years after carrying out fraud offences and perverting the course of justice.

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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Letting to housing benefit recipients – good or bad?</span>


This is ‘an old chestnut’, says Frances Burkinshaw. That is not meant to be rude or patronising to those in receipt of benefits – it’s just that it’s been debated for 40 years.

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