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(asked on 5th July 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what fees estate agents are able to include within administration charges when letting homes.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 12th July 2016
Letting agents can set their own administration charges when letting homes, but they must publicise a full tariff of their fees prominently in their offices and on their website. Agents that fail to do so can be fined up to £5,000.