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A council is launching a form on online letting agency which wants to push agents and landlords into agreeing two year...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s a frequent question in lettings: Who should carry out inventory checks and create reports for a rented property? Should it...
29 March 2022
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PropTech platform Plentific has snapped up husband-and-wife lettings software company TouchRight Software. Over 500 clients across the UK use TouchRight, to create...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents should not wait until regulation and legislation improve the rental sector - they should be doing so voluntarily. That’s the view...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
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One of the industry’s leading suppliers says the controversy over pets in private rental properties could be defused relatively easily. Inventory management firm...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...
20 September 2021
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A survey of some 600 agents and landlords by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has revealed the most popular cause of deposit...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Through our FREE online deposit dispute webinars, we’ve trained thousands of landlords and letting agents about how the dispute resolution process...
02 August 2021
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The Tenancy Deposit Scheme and industry supplier Inventory Hive are working together to provide two new training courses. Led by Michael Hill...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Two PropTech suppliers have announced their products will integrate in order to, in their words, “dramatically reduce reporting and end of tenancy...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...
10 November 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

PropTech service The Depositary is extending its existing partnership with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, aiming to fully integrate with the TDS...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) and safeagent have announced two new e-learning modules for letting agents and landlords. The modules, which form...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...
24 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The country’s largest provider of inventory services has launched its new processes, overhauled to cope with social distancing and the remaining...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service and safeagent (formerly NALS) have created a free, online course showing best practice in starting tenancies. The new...
29 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme is inviting agents and landlords to a series of webinars to discuss the three stages of a...
18 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Tenants paid a UK average monthly rent of £775 during the first quarter of this year according to the Deposit Protection...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A newspaper claims multiple councils are opening investigations into agents allegedly defying the tenant fees ban - and at least one...
03 March 2020
From: Breaking News

There was a surge in the number of fake lettings inventories submitted last year, allowing tenants to be conned out of...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Poor communication remains the chief reason for disputes between agents, landlords and tenants at check-out time according to the latest research. A...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A new product in the increasingly competitive field of deposit alternatives has been launched by lettings and landlord insurance industry giant,...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The National Union of Students claims young people at college and university are being unfairly targeted by agents and landlords when...
08 November 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...
13 September 2019
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The chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is predicting that augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technology...
09 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A controversial review website which says it identifies “good (and bad) letting agents” has introduced tools aiming to reduce disputes at...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has launched a series of events to educate letting agents and landlords on deposit protection. Starting next month...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A new free online training course which guides letting agents through the key principles of disputes has been released by The...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...
05 October 2018
From: Breaking News

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it still believes there is an opportunity for the government to introduce mandatory inventory...
27 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has announced new dates for its academy courses, delivering training on tenancy deposit disputes and adjudication to...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Student accommodation specialist Unite is launching a new service, called Conker, which aims to replace deposits with insurance schemes for students...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Wear and tear can be a highly contentious issue for many tenants and landlords; many arguments have arisen because of unclear definitions...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has launched a new guide for agents, landlords and tenants on how to make concluding a lease...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The current ‘busy season’ for lettings turnovers at the end of student terms would be made significantly easier if agents and...
12 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Lettings industry regulatory trade body the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) has announced the appointment of two new joint chairs...
07 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Campaign group Generation Rent has provided material to The Guardian newspaper suggesting that a typical two-adult household is being charged letting agents’...
02 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Industry trade body the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) has announced the first batch of dates for its 2017 training...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Repair reporting platform Fixflo has integrated with inventory firm No Letting Go's letting agent reporting software Kaptur. The integration means Kaptur will now...
20 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A new kind of what appears to be an online letting agency is launching today to manage properties listed by individuals...
17 August 2016
From: Breaking News

A law firm called CaseHub says it is launching a “once-in-a-generation fight back against extortionate letting agent practices” in the shape of...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlords and letting agents are coming across increasingly dirty rental properties at the end of tenancies, as a study reveals that...
26 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Allen & Crane Estates, a sales and lettings agent based in Burnham near Slough, has been expelled from membership of The...
21 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Student tenants risk losing thousands of pounds through items detailed in a property inventory going missing at the end of a...