The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 introduces a raft of new requirements to comply with, each with its own requirements and penalties. It differentiates between “breaches” (generally civil and a penalty of up to£7,000) and offences (criminal and a prosecution or civil penalty of up to£40,000).
If you were guilty of one of each of the offences we will explain in the coming weeks, and received the maximum penalty for each, it would add up to nearly a staggering half a million pound sin penalties. Clearly something every agent would want to avoid.
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