{"id":35844,"date":"2016-11-25T18:14:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T11:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-an-estate-agent-philip-hammond-ought-to-cap-letting-fees-not-ban-them-jonathan-parker\/"},"modified":"2016-11-25T18:22:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T11:22:04","slug":"im-an-estate-agent-philip-hammond-ought-to-cap-letting-fees-not-ban-them-jonathan-parker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/im-an-estate-agent-philip-hammond-ought-to-cap-letting-fees-not-ban-them-jonathan-parker\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m an estate agent. Philip Hammond ought to cap letting fees, not ban them | Jonathan Parker"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMost of us offer a good service, and a ban will only mean higher rents. The government should instead regulate the sector properlyI felt shocked and then disappointed listening to the chancellor\u2019s first autumn statement on Wednesday. Philip Hammond vowed to impose a ban on what he called \u201crip-off\u201d letting agency fees for renters. As far as I am aware, it was a decision made without talking to any industry bodies about the possible consequences. Related: Chancellor to crack down on letting fees in autumn statement Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Most of us offer a good service, and a ban will only mean higher rents....<\/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-35844","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\/p75ss1-9k8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35510,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/estate-agency-shares-slide-ahead-of-letting-fees-clampdown\/","url_meta":{"origin":35844,"position":0},"title":"Estate agency shares slide ahead of letting fees clampdown","date":"November 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Foxtons and Countrywide among those hit as investors expect chancellor to ban upfront charges in autumn statementShares in some of Britain\u2019s biggest estate agencies fell sharply on Wednesday on the expectation that the chancellor will use his first autumn statement to ban upfront fees charged by letting agents.Roughly \u00a350m\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":69664,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/tenants-in-england-still-waiting-for-a-ban-on-letting-agents-fees\/","url_meta":{"origin":35844,"position":1},"title":"Tenants in England still waiting for a ban on\u00a0letting agents\u2019 fees","date":"October 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Phillip Hammond announced the eye-catching move last year \u2013 but there is still no date for when it is coming into effectIt was in November last year that the government announced plans to ban letting agent fees paid by tenants. 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