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A statement from a city council claims that a property company failed to attend court in a case of deposit protection,...

The Tenancy Deposit Service, the provider of tenancy deposit protection and dispute resolution services, has appointed Fay Selvan as its new...

A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...

Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service suggests rents have risen faster than inflation over the past year. The organisation’s Rent Index...

A tenant is reported to have sued a lettings agency after its alleged failure to return his £375 deposit. The Get Surrey...

We compare traditional methods of client money account inspections by an accountant to the alternative Client Money HealthCheck. But first, let’s clarify...

Trading Standards has stopped a lettings agency owner from being a company director after he defrauded customers by over £80,000. Francis Smart,...

Any lettings portfolio should receive ongoing care and maintenance. A disorganised portfolio, weighed down by junk data, loose ends or lax...

A lettings agency has been accused of falsely claiming deposits were being held in a deposit protection scheme and other related...

The Deposit Protection Service is hosting a webinar to help letting agents better navigate the dispute resolution process.   The service says...

An industry trade group claims inventories conducted by lettings agents may be seen as biased towards landlords rather than truly independent. Daniel...

A survey of 2,000 tenants in England and Wales shows that some 23 per cent claim to be struggling to pay...

The head of a Martin & Co office in Wolverhampton has been jailed over fraudulent activity. A court heard that Bhavander Singh...

A new PropTech integration with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme’s API will help streamline deposit protection, it’s claimed. According to Debbie Davies of...

A former lettings agent has been jailed for almost three years after admitting conning landlords out of over £80,000. The sentence for...

A letting agent who stole over £80,000 from landlords is awaiting sentence. Frank Smart - owner of Smart Residential Letting Agents in...

The UK Association of Letting Agents is introducing four new products to its agent members. Several of the products are from the...

Tenancy Deposit Scheme, the not-for-profit government-backed protection service, has announced an upgraded PropTech integration with automated deposit registration platform MRI Software. TDS...

At Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), we're committed to making the deposit protection process as pain-free as possible. From our beginning of...

The Deposit Protection Service claims the single largest reason why private tenants move is to find properties accepting pets. Around a thousand...

The average private rental tenancy deposit last year exceeded £1,000 new figures show. At an average of £1,005 per tenancy, the cost...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says he will use his role on the board of The Deposit Service to fight for...

Average UK rents have increased for the sixth consecutive quarter - but some tenants are paying above the going rate to...

Research by deposit protection provider mydeposits has revealed that the average deposit paid has fallen year on year since the start...

PropTech company Canopy is partnering with deposit funding firm Fronted to launch the concept of a lifetime deposit, which can be...

Fifteen years ago Take That’s ‘Shine’ was at number one in the charts, ‘Mr Bean’s Holiday’ drew crowds into cinemas and...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme says teclet, a wholly owned subsidiary of OnTheMarket plc, has integrated with the TDS API - aimed...

Lettings software provider Acquaint CRM has integrated its technology with the new API solution created by government-backed Tenancy Deposit Scheme.  The TDS...

Purplebricks has revealed that it will cost some £3.6m to correct compliance issues in its lettings division. The agency continues to stay...

Average UK rents increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 2021 according to The Deposit Protection Service, as stock shortages...

Purplebricks says its head of lettings has left after just eight months - and just days after a crisis involving tenant deposits. A Purplebricks...

Purplebricks is refusing to say how many tenants and landlords were affected by its failure to comply with the law requiring deposits...

Figures from the Deposit Protection Service suggest that students returned to university in greater numbers this year compared to 2020. The service...

Two recent calls for the introduction of a national mandatory landlord register in England have been rebuffed by agents’ trade body...

Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...

When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...

A lettings agent has been jailed for three years for defrauding tenants and landlords out of more than £182,000.  Lee Clarke, 42,...

A PropTech supplier claims letting agents can now register deposits at the click of a button thanks to a new integration...

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...

Flexible working for letting agents, so much a part of activities for the past 18 months, is here to stay according...

Average rents in London declined during the second quarter of 2021, according to the latest market snapshot from the  Deposit Protection...

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...

The DPS is hosting free dispute webinars to enable landlords and letting agents to navigate the dispute resolution process. More than 2,000...

London rents climbed for the first time for over a year during Q1 2021 —although the rise was a mere £8...

An investigation is underway into a lettings agency which has gone into liquidation owing almost £500,000 in rent to landlords and in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS    What...

Just over half the claims made by landlords against tenancy deposits in 2020 cited a need to clean or make repairs...

The private rental sector should embrace the idea of tenants with pets and not object to the prospect. That’s the view of...

The Deposit Protection Service is running three free online deposit dispute webinars, with the first scheduled for next week. The UK’s largest...

Did you know your deposit protection obligations don't end with paying the deposit? You also need to serve the Prescribed Information within 30...

Letting agents are being invited to additional courses from TDS Academy online. The courses, offering Continuing Professional Development training virtually, look in particular...

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) and safeagent have announced two new e-learning modules for letting agents and landlords. The modules, which form...

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...

New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...

The Deposit Protection Service and safeagent (formerly NALS) have created a free, online course showing best practice in starting tenancies.  The new...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme is inviting agents and landlords to a series of webinars to discuss the three stages of a...

A new automated lettings platform claims to automate key processes around compliance, marketing, leasing and management for letting agents. Ringley Group, a...

The Deposit Protection Scheme is warning of a possible online scam affecting agents, landlords and tenants A statement on the DPS website...

Tenants paid a UK average monthly rent of £775 during the first quarter of this year according to the Deposit Protection...

A new automated lettings platform is launching next week and promising to ensure agents and buy to let investors stay compliant. PlanetRent...

Over 100,000 current or aspiring tenants have signed up to an education programme explaining how the rental sector works, run by...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled five agencies, mostly for failures to honour awards: four of them are lettings operations and one...

Poor communication remains the chief reason for disputes between agents, landlords and tenants at check-out time according to the latest research. A...

Letting agents and landlords who prepare for a dispute at the outset of a tenancy increase their chances of avoiding one...

A new product in the increasingly competitive field of deposit alternatives has been launched by lettings and landlord insurance industry giant,...

The Deposit Protection Service has teamed up with Comparethemarket in a bid to offer utility deals to tenants.  Renters who have their...

Giant glow-in-the-dark swear words, a sex toy and a pet python are among some of the items that students left in...

Average UK rents continued to rise between July and September, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to The Deposit...

Well-known letting agent Kristjan Byfield has announced the details of his new product which aims to reduce the workload of the...

Letting agents are to be offered free training in managing tenancy deposits and disputes if they operate in Edinburgh. In the last...

Did you know that preparing for a deposit dispute starts at the beginning of a tenancy? When tenants and landlords disagree about...

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...

Lettings professionals should do more to raise awareness of the need to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords. Industry supplier Tenant...

The Deposit Protection Service has revealed that more than four out of 10 of the tenancy deposits it manages are currently...

In the past 18 months more than 200 landlords from across Scotland have been found to be in breach of a...

The average UK rent rose from £757 to £771 during the second quarter of 2019 - that’s 1.7 per cent, according...

The Residential Landlords Association has entered into a partnership with deposit alternative service Zero Deposit. The RLA says the service will be...

A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...

Not-for-profit operator Tenancy Deposit Scheme says early intervention between landlords and tenants across the UK is resulting in many more deposit...

Agents and landlords are being warned to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once the fees ban kicks in...

A new solution to help letting agents deal with the introduction of the security deposit cap under the Tenant Fees Act...

Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...

A lettings agent who stole over £350,000 is reported to have been told to pay back…£1. Local media in the south of...

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has launched a series of events to educate letting agents and landlords on deposit protection. Starting next month...

A programme of nine new educational workshops takes place next month, some of which target new agents with little or no experience of deposits...

A new free online training course which guides letting agents through the key principles of disputes has been released by The...

The Dispute Service, which operates the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, has been ranked among the Sunday Times’ 100 best not-for-profit companies to...

A PropTech firm is offering landlords the opportunity to manage their portfolios from £35 a month, suggesting it could be a...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

Deposit protection provider The Dispute Service says it has seen a big rise in the number of deposits it protects in...

Fewer than one per cent of private tenancies end in a dispute over the deposit - and the figure is this...

Tenant deposit protection scheme TDS will be in London in February to host a ‘hands-on’ half-day workshop for agents and landlords. Part...

Some 1.5m tenants could be at risk of losing their deposits, claims a campaigner for insurance-based alternatives to deposits. Ajay Jagota, head...

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...

A comparison website claims that over 1.5m tenants know their landlord has not placed their deposits into a government-backed deposit protection...

A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...