These are the 9 areas of the UK where letting fees are highest

The tenant pressure group studied letting fees - the cost of services for facilitators between landlords and tenants - around the cities of London, Manchester and York to find both the average and highest costs.

Betsy Dillner, Generation Rent's director, called for letting fees to be banned, to stop landlords holding tenants hostage:

"Competition for homes is fierce, so tenants aren't in a position to avoid paying letting fees, and agents often charge what they like."

"If tenant fees were banned, agents could start competing properly for business, and tenants wouldn't have to dip into their savings to be able to move home."

Generation Rent's report added that a petition to ban letting fees has attracted nearly 250,000 signatures in under a month.

Here are the highest letting fees across the UK.