Saturday, January 6, 2018
A year of a ban on letting agent fees, a cap on tenancy deposits, new measures aimed at boosting home ownership and a new homelessness reduction strategy is the perfect one for the private rented sector to embrace deposit-free renting – a leading lettings expert believes.
Saturday, January 6, 2018
A year of a ban on letting agent fees, a cap on tenancy deposits, new measures aimed at boosting home ownership and a new homelessness reduction strategy is the perfect one for the private rented sector to embrace deposit-free renting – a leading lettings expert believes.
Saturday, December 30, 2017
Average house prices in the North East are ending the year 2% lower than they began it – wiping more than £1200 from the value of the average property.
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Crooked landlords and letting agents have raided close to £1,000,000 from tenancy deposit accounts in 2017 – new figures show. Renting reform campaigner and KIS lettings boss Ajay Jagota keeps a running total of the cash value of deposits criminal letting agents have been convicted of stealing, which he publishes on a quarterly basis....
Friday, December 8, 2017
• Monthly growth of 0.6% not enough to keep average prices above levels recorded in November 2016. • Property values down 2% year-on-year – almost £4000 in cash terms • Typical property valued at £167, 401 – compared to £171,286 at the end of Novemb...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
Property campaigner and KIS Group boss Ajay Jagota gave his reposnse to the 2017 Budget. The head of the #ditchthedeposit campaign and founder of leading deposit-free renting firm Dlighted said: “This was a budget billed as being targeted on housing, but by focusing on house building the Chancellor virtually ignored the 20% of people who...
Saturday, November 18, 2017
A leading property expert is warning that the government’s draft Tenant’s Fees Bill contains sweeping powers for the Secretary of State to suddenly cap tenancy deposits at four weeks after all– or to ban them altogether.
Friday, November 10, 2017
A government plan to cap tenancy deposits at 6 weeks rent threatens to cost Britain’s renters an average of £1391 – and the country up to £6bn. The Draft Tenant’s Fees Bill published last week set out government plans to cap tenancy deposits at the equivalent of six weeks rent – rather than the four weeks previ...
Thursday, November 2, 2017
• Average property value falls over £1000 over last four weeks worth – driven by falling prices in Sunderland, Durham City and Killingworth. • Property values remain almost 4% up year-on-year – more than £6000 in cash terms • Fastest monthly growth in Blyt...
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
A leading North East property campaigner is “not convinced” by government plans to make it a criminal offence for letting agents to charge tenants fees and to cap tenancy deposits. Ajay Jagota, founder of South Shields- based sales and lettings firm KIS and deposit free renting firm Dlighted and campaigner for privately rented prope...