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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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

A gloomy report from The Deposit Protection Service says the UK’s rental market is in recession for the first time since...

Cleaning and property damage are the most common reasons landlords make deposit deductions, according to data released by The Deposit Protection...

Well-respected London lettings agent and former ARLA president Lucy Morton is the latest key figure to pour cold water on government...

A rental market survey conducted for The Deposit Protection Service claims the average rent has fallen in the UK for the...

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

The successful transfer of £12 billion worth of buy-to-let mortgages has been completed.  Last year, Blackstone and Prudential purchased the book of...

The average UK rent increased just £11.55 or 1.51 per cent over the last year according to The Deposit Protection Service. The new DPS...

A campaigning letting agent says that at the start of this financial year the total cash value of deposits held in...

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

Letting agents using insured deposit protection schemes have been urged to switch to a custodial model in order to compensate for...

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

The average tenancy deposit for England and Wales is just below £1,000 according to the Deposit Protection Service’s figures for the...

Custodial deposit protection was introduced 10 years ago this week and the Deposit Protection Service has been marking the anniversary. Custodial protection...

Almost two in five private tenants plan to remain renting rather than buy a property, according to a new study. A survey...

The soaring cost of a private rental deposit - now approaching £1,000 - makes the need for an accurate inventory greater...

The typical deposit paid when a tenant moves to a new property in England and Wales is set to break the...

There is another warning today that changes to buy to let mortgage tax relief will lead to increased rents.  Back in July,...

Repairs software provider Fixflo - which last week entered into a partnership with The Property Ombudsman scheme and The Deposit Protection...

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

Eight out of 10 in rental accommodation want tenancy agreements of one year or less, a large survey by The Deposit Protection...

Students are considered to be almost twice as likely to lose their deposit at the end of a tenancy than any...

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

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

The Deposit Protection Service is reminding letting agents and landlords that they have to act with extreme urgency over older tenancy...

Landlords and letting agents have been issued a reminder that they have less then three weeks to protect tenancy deposits with...

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

The Deposit Protection Service says agents and landlords must act soon over older tenancy deposits now that new legislation has introduced...