{"id":26264,"date":"2016-09-16T16:54:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T09:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/will-internet-firms-open-the-door-to-lower-letting-agent-fees\/"},"modified":"2016-09-16T17:02:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T10:02:10","slug":"will-internet-firms-open-the-door-to-lower-letting-agent-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/will-internet-firms-open-the-door-to-lower-letting-agent-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Will internet firms open the door to lower letting agent fees?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe huge cost of using high street firms hits both landlords and tenants. But now there\u2019s an alternativeLandlords hand over as much as a fifth of their rent to letting agencies to look after a property, while tenants have to fork out a further \u00a3300 each. So should landlords be ditching the pricey high-street letting agents in favour of a raft of new online alternatives that promise to slash such costs and even axe fees to tenants altogether?No Agent is the latest firm to launch, claiming it will save a typical landlord \u00a31,600 in the first year, and leave tenants \u00a3337 better off. It joins a number of other online players such as Upad, easyProperty, Purplebricks and Rentify. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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