The forthcoming ban on letting fees is great news for
England’s private renters. Renters have no real power to negotiate over fees
and too many currently get stung with massive fees just to sign or renew a
contract. This makes the impact of our unstable private rental market even
worse. But since the ban was announced there have already been claims that
costs will just get shunted back onto tenants through rent increases. This was
also a hot topic when the legal clarification explicitly banning fees was going
through in Scotland in 2012. Today some have claimed that there was abnormally
high rent inflation in Scotland as a result of that change. Read more on the
Shelter blog.
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