Letting agents' fees are now "truly out of control" and tenants are having to go without food or turn off heating to cover their costs, a housing and homelessness charity has warned.
An extra 4,000 people are poised to buy new homes following the launch of the Government's Help to Buy mortgage scheme two months ago, house builders say.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a review of the 'quick house sale' market, amid fears that desperate home owners are losing large sums of cash.