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The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled in favour of deposit alternative scheme flatfair in a dispute which began with a complaint...
04 December 2019
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A new product in the increasingly competitive field of deposit alternatives has been launched by lettings and landlord insurance industry giant,...
28 November 2019
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A leading provider of deposit alternatives has voiced concern at the Conservatives’ proposal to have a lifetime deposit scheme to make...
25 November 2019
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One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...
31 October 2019
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The growing deposit alternative sector continues to be ultra-competitive with 15-branch agency Kings Lettings signing up to Zero Deposit. Kings Lettings operates...
30 October 2019
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The race for dominance in the deposit alternative field continues apace. Now franchise giant Hunters has teamed up with flatfair to bring...
15 October 2019
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Well-known letting agent Kristjan Byfield has announced the details of his new product which aims to reduce the workload of the...
04 October 2019
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Flatfair, one of the leading deposit alternative providers fighting it out for dominance in the burgeoning sector, has scored a coup...
06 September 2019
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One of the suppliers in the fiercely competitive world of deposit alternatives has introduced an ‘unlocking deposits’ option. From today, Zero Deposit...
23 August 2019
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One of the key players in the ultra-competitive deposit alternative sector has announced a massive and new $11m investment. Flatfair says that...
16 August 2019
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Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has become the “exclusive deposit replacement partner” of the National Landlord Association - less than two...
01 August 2019
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Deposit alternative provider flatfair has been chosen by CBRE UK Residential Lettings as the race for prominence in the sector continues. This is...
23 July 2019
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A PropTech supplier specialising in rent passports and tenancy deposit replacement has launched an advanced version of its primary product, on...
16 July 2019
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Deposit alternative provider flatfair has teamed up with mydeposits - and claims to now be the first provider to bring tenancy...
12 July 2019
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Competition between various deposit alternative providers continues apace, with one of the earliest companies - Reposit - naming a new agency...
01 July 2019
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Tenancy deposit alternative provider Reposit has been taken on by Devon-based agency chain Webbers. The agency’s 15 offices operate in north Cornwall,...
10 June 2019
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One of the growing number of deposit alternative services, flatfair, has announced a partnership with lettings platform Goodlord. Agents and landlords can...
07 June 2019
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The Residential Landlords Association has entered into a partnership with deposit alternative service Zero Deposit. The RLA says the service will be...
03 June 2019
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Lettings agents are being urged to educate themselves as much as possible about rival deposit alternative schemes which are becoming increasingly...
28 May 2019
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A senior figure at a deposit replacement service says the current flurry of changes in the private rental sector are positive. Daniel...
29 April 2019
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A dispute concerning a ‘no deposit option’ put forward by a letting agency has reached the Daily Mail. The newspaper’s online service...
12 April 2019
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Flatfair, which describes itself as the UK’s fastest-growing tenancy deposit alternative, has been shortlisted in the Best Newcomer category of the...
08 April 2019
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PropTech company Goodlord is the latest entrant in the deposit alternative field. Under Goodlord Deposit Replacement Insurance agents can provide landlords with...
02 April 2019
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There’s been a big boost to the movement towards deposit alternatives in the private rental sector following a survey released this...
29 March 2019
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Utilities and comparative platform Tenant Shop has linked up with Reposit to offer a security deposit alternative product for agents. Tenant Shop’s...
27 March 2019
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A regional lettings agency claims it’s seen a 26 per cent surge in tenant and prospect views on properties listed as...
18 January 2019
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Zero Deposit, the firm set up by former Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley, says it now has around 850 offices using...
07 January 2019
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The chief executive of mydeposits has hit back at a Which? report calling for reform - or possibly even replacement -...
14 August 2018
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The concept of deposit alternatives is gathering pace and now one PropTech firm closely involved in it - Reposit - has...
25 July 2018
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A prominent campaigner for alternatives to traditional rental sector deposits is welcoming the government’s commitment to consider the issue in the...
15 May 2018
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The rapid growth in alternative non-deposit schemes for letting agents, landlords and tenants has hit the market. This one, from Blinc UK, claims...
06 April 2018
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Academic research suggests tenants in England and Wales are missing out on £80m of interest to tenancy deposit schemes every single...
03 April 2018
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The ZPG-backed Zero Deposit scheme, one of a number now existing putting forward an alternative to traditional deposits, has announced four...
01 March 2018
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The insurance group Direct Line says it is taking a 15 per cent equity stake in Canopy, an ‘alternative deposit’ company. Canopy...
03 October 2017
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A prominent lettings industry campaigner says the head of a tenancy deposit scheme has “serious questions to answer” after his comments...