{"id":103362,"date":"2019-01-26T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T07:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/letting-fees-ban-is-good-news-for-tenants-but-beware-a-backlash-phil-spencer\/"},"modified":"2019-01-26T15:09:42","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T08:09:42","slug":"letting-fees-ban-is-good-news-for-tenants-but-beware-a-backlash-phil-spencer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/letting-fees-ban-is-good-news-for-tenants-but-beware-a-backlash-phil-spencer\/","title":{"rendered":"Letting fees ban is good news for tenants \u2013 but beware a backlash | Phil Spencer"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nRenters could save about \u00a3272 on average from June, but agents may seek to claw cash backIt may be a little chilly for dancing in the streets, but those who rent their home have had two things to celebrate in January.The first was official data showing that average rents rose by just 1% in 2018, a fraction of the 2.5% seen in the pre-Brexit days of 2015. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Renters could save about \u00a3272 on average from June, but agents may seek to claw...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-qT8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56556,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/letting-agents-found-charging-tenants-more-than-800-in-fees\/","url_meta":{"origin":103362,"position":0},"title":"Letting agents found charging tenants more than \u00a3800 in fees","date":"June 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Despite likely fees ban, agents seek \u00a3404 on average from new tenants and \u00a3117 for tenancy renewals, finds Generation RentThe typical two-adult household is being hit by letting fees of up to \u00a3813 when taking on a home to rent, according to a new report by the campaign group\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2480,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/need-to-find-a-cheap-london-flat-beware-the-agents-asking-for-upfront-fees\/","url_meta":{"origin":103362,"position":1},"title":"Need to find a \u2018cheap\u2019 London flat? 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