Labour wants to ban tenant bidding wars
- Written by Alex Marsh, Professor of Public Policy, University of Bristol
Diego Schtutman/ShutterstockOne eye-catching policy currently being proposed by the Labour party is a ban on “bidding wars” in the private rented sector. In many high-pressure housing markets bidding by competing prospective tenants, instigated by the landlord or letting agent, results in tenants agreeing to pay a considerably higher...







