{"id":107687,"date":"2019-06-01T13:01:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T06:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rip-off-letting-fees-are-finally-banned-what-will-happen-now\/"},"modified":"2019-06-01T13:04:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T06:04:15","slug":"rip-off-letting-fees-are-finally-banned-what-will-happen-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rip-off-letting-fees-are-finally-banned-what-will-happen-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Rip-off letting fees are finally banned \u2013\u00a0what will happen now?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCharges that could add as much as \u00a3800 to the cost of renting a home have been swept awayIt\u2019s been almost three years in the making, but to the huge relief of renters across England, the ban on rip-off letting agent fees finally came into force today.Gone are the \u00a3300-plus admin fees and the \u00a3100 credit-check fee, the hefty extra charge if you want to keep a cat, or the steep surcharge to move in or out on a Saturday \u2013 charges that became routine and could add as much as \u00a3800 to the upfront cost of renting a property. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Charges that could add as much as \u00a3800 to the cost of renting a home...<\/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-107687","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-s0T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35552,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/what-is-it-like-to-rent-in-britain-today-share-your-story\/","url_meta":{"origin":107687,"position":0},"title":"What is it like to rent in Britain today? 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