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Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...

Political parties should stop bickering and instead work together to improve the private rental sector. That’s the view of the Lettings industry...

A deposit alternative company is calling on agents to help tenants save an average of £1,000 on up-front costs. Flatfair chief executive...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Gary Wright - Chief Executive Officer. What is flatfair and what...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Annalese Walmsley - Commercial Director at flatfair What is flatfair and...

The Competition and Markets Authority’s in depth investigation into the controversial deposit alternative concept has been welcomed by one of the...

The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

The Observer newspaper has investigated the way letting agents apply so-called zero deposit schemes - and claims that in some cases...

There’s more evidence today that cleaning remains the largest cause of disputes between agents and tenants. Data released by The Dispute Service...

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

The lettings and management platform teclet, owned by OnTheMarket, is now available to agents and property managers in Scotland. The product offer...

One of the industry’s leading suppliers says the controversy over pets in private rental properties could be defused relatively easily. Inventory management firm...

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...

The number of rental deposit disputes lodged with one of the government-authorised deposit schemes has fallen 15 per cent across England...

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...

There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...

A regional lettings agency claims it’s seen a 26 per cent surge in tenant and prospect views on properties listed as...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme - which was hit by a serious fire at its Hemel Hempstead headquarters last evening - has appointed...

London agency giant Kinleigh Folkard and Hayward is the latest to offer its tenant clients a no-deposit service.  It's going to use...

The House of Commons has published a briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes ahead of the Report Stage of the Tenant...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it still believes there is an opportunity for the government to introduce mandatory inventory...

The rapid growth in alternative non-deposit schemes for letting agents, landlords and tenants has hit the market. This one, from Blinc UK, claims...

Academic research suggests tenants in England and Wales are missing out on £80m of interest to tenancy deposit schemes every single...

Some letting agencies and selected landlords are being asked to take part in a new survey investigating views and experiences in...

The trend towards reducing or eliminating deposits at the same time as edging towards a ban on letting agents’ fees on...

Student accommodation specialist Unite is launching a new service, called Conker, which aims to replace deposits with insurance schemes for students...

Crooked letting agents and landlords have raided close to £1m from tenancy deposit accounts in 2017, new figures show. Campaigning agent Ajay Jagota,...

Online lettings agency Upad says landlords are concerned that insurance-based alternatives to traditional deposit schemes may not cover them for repairs...

Industry figures have broadly welcomed the latest consultations and proposed additional regulation for the lettings sector, announced by the government yesterday.   The...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has welcomed the government commitment to introduce regulation for agencies - but it is warning...

Ajay Jagota, the north east agent known for his campaign against rental deposits, says recent initiatives by two deposit protection services...

The Dispute Service (TDS) has announced today that it will provide dispute resolution for a new deposit replacement company.  The 'long-term strategic...

A prominent lettings industry campaigner says the head of a tenancy deposit scheme has “serious questions to answer” after his comments...

The head of the parent firm of mydeposits is warning tenants and landlords tempted to enter into new ‘no-deposit’ schemes to...

A campaigning lettings agent is demanding action over what he suggests is a tenancy deposit system that is in need of...

Crooked letting agencies have been convicted of stealing £1,018,100 of deposits this year alone – and one agent claims this figure...

The number of tenancy deposit disputes reached a record high in 2015-16, but still represents only a fraction of all deposits. Figures...

The newly-elected mayor of Bristol and the city’s council have endorsed a so-called ethical lettings charter created by a group known...

A letting agency has been removed from a Scottish council’s approved list after failing to conform with rules protecting the deposits...

A lettings agency has become the first in Scotland to be sanctioned for breaching rules that secure the deposits of its...

An ‘ethical lettings charter’ set up over a year ago by a pressure group for improved private rental sector housing has...

Compulsory client money protection kitemark organisation SAFEagent says the lettings industry should be making public just how much is paid out...

Two new custodial services are being launched today by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme and Mydeposits. Custodial systems mean deposit money is held...

Landlords or agents acting for them will no longer be immediately criminalised for failing to pick up illegal tenants according to...

The Property Ombudsman scheme and The Deposit Protection Service are entering into a partnership with software specialist Fixflo to create a...

Local councils are being urged to drop landlord licensing schemes following the publication of new laws showing that they are not...

New student tenants have been urged to be vigilent and not fall victim to fake online letting agents and landlords. The National...

New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks.  Under the...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says landlords who are not using their agents for deposit registration should be reminded to...

AllAgents is calling for the scrapping of the insurance-backed tenancy deposit schemes. The review website claims these schemes are misleading, as tenants...

A group of renters who have formed the Acorn group in Bristol - which has already held protests against letting agents...