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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...

If you are a letting agent who has begun to question your worth, stop. The value of property management is rising...

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...

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...

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

The chief executive of mydeposits has hit back at a Which? report calling for reform - or possibly even replacement -...

The former office manager of an estate agency in Scunthorpe conned her employer out of over £34,000, a court has heard. Local...

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

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...

Online agency easyProperty has announced the launch of two new lettings options.  One, called easyLet, is broadly a listings service: for £99...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has announced new dates for its academy courses, delivering training on tenancy deposit disputes and adjudication to...

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

The cash value of tenancy deposits crooked landlords and letting agents have been convicted of pocketing in 2018 has already passed...

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 director of a lettings agency who who stole hundreds of thousands of pounds to spend on holidays and other luxuries...

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...

Letting agents and landlords are being urged by a trade body to sign a petition calling on the government to make...

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

This month’s prosecution of a letting agency for issuing ‘sham licences’ that suggested occupiers had no right to challenge eviction and...

A head of a company providing hi-tech products to letting agents says technology is the answer to current rental industry challenges,...

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

Who are you? Rebecca Johnston What does it say on your business card? Managing Director (TDS Custodial) What is TDS Custodial? TDS Custodial is a government-approved...

Deposit protection organisation the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has announced that current ARLA Propertymark Vice President Claire Lloyd will be joining...

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

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme.   As we reported when the story broke yesterday afternoon, one...

Two lettings agencies have this afternoon been expelled from The Property Ombudsman redress scheme. In one case, TPO expelled Lettings Solutions Ltd...

As the end of the academic year approaches, one deposit protection scheme is urging student tenants to reclaim their deposits.  SafeDeposits Scotland...

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...

As an Agent, understanding and managing your landlords’ expectations of their tenants and property is a necessary and sometimes difficult task....

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

SafeDeposits Scotland has announced that Ian Potter will succeed Sir Andrew Cubie as the organisation's chairman. Potter, who has been on the...

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

Cleaning is the number one cause of disputes in the private rental sector since the introduction of tenant deposit protection in...

Another survey, this time from an online letting agency, reveals that as many as 70 per cent of tenants are concerned...

Six letting agents have all pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud. The Ham & High says they were all employees of...

A new survey by insurer Direct Line for Business suggests that landlords who have not instructed letting agents to act for...

Lettings companies and an organised group of criminals described as a “gang of chancers” have been hit with fines and costs...

New partners have been announced for The ESTAS Group's annual awards event taking place in London in April.  The headline sponsor remains...

Who are you? I am David d’Orton-Gibson What does it say on your business card? It says I am the Managing Director of an...

We’ve seen large numbers of local councils set up private rental accreditation systems, and a string of politicians from all major...

ARLA has issued guidance to students who may be using the Christmas break to line-up accommodation for the coming year.  Looking for...

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 Department of Communities and Local Government has published a summary of the 600 responses it has received to its recent...

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...

A formal tenancy deposit dispute could be defused by something as basic as a simple conversation, says the Association of Independent...

Approaching 50 per cent of private tenants have experienced property maintenance issues with their agents or landlords. The figure comes through research...

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

Who are you? I’m the managing director of Fixflo and before starting Fixflo I worked as a property lawyer in London and...

Tenancy deposit protection scheme mydeposits says almost a third of its notified disputes between tenants and agents or landlords do not...

The government-backed tenancy deposit protection scheme mydeposits is allowing letting agents join online in a bid to cut down on paperwork. mydeposits...

After the passing of the Deregulation Act deposits deadline this week, Richard Price, Executive Director of UKALA, is in a contemplative...

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...

Landlords could risk facing heavy fines if they fail to protect their tenants’ deposits before an important new deadline on June...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government’s controversial Deregulation Act, which is now in force, is creating critical new...

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

A deposit protection scheme has published a deposit dispute best practice guide for letting agents and landlords. my|deposits has produced the document...

In 2007, the government introduced a compulsory deposit protection scheme as part of the Housing Act 2004 to help protect tenants...

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...