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Campaigning charity Shelter wants the government to fast-track its pledge to scrap Section 21 eviction powers. The government pledged a White Paper...
23 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Sean Hooker, head of redress at the Property Redress Scheme, will discuss the latest rental reform proposals and answer letting agents'...
19 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The cost of living crisis may be changing tenants’ preferences to such a degree that bills-inclusive properties are becoming increasingly popular. That’s...
13 May 2022
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Agents have voiced their reservations over aspects of the widespread rental sector reform announced by the government in the Queen’s Speech. Yesterday...
11 May 2022
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Clifford Thomas – Sales Director at The Letting Partnership What is...
06 May 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit is launching a new option which it says gives tenants more flexibility to split the guarantee...
06 May 2022
From: Breaking News

PRS, one of the two official redress services for the lettings and sales agency sectors, says it’s seen an increase in...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are: 1.) To reduce costs 2.) To have the ability to focus on...
27 April 2022
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Research by deposit protection provider mydeposits has revealed that the average deposit paid has fallen year on year since the start...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech company Canopy is partnering with deposit funding firm Fronted to launch the concept of a lifetime deposit, which can be...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A new insurance-based service claims to allow tenants to avoid paying deposits upfront when they rent. Husmus assesses and rates tenants and...
14 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of prospective first time buyers suggests that the cost of their initial deposit has soared in the past...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Fifteen years ago Take That’s ‘Shine’ was at number one in the charts, ‘Mr Bean’s Holiday’ drew crowds into cinemas and...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A study by the Tenancy Deposit Service has found that garden maintenance remains one of the most common reasons behind deposit...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

London-based lettings payment platform Yorlet has launched a new PropTech partnership with Canopy, TDS and Alan Boswell. The platform offers automated workflows,...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech platform Goodlord now integrates with the latest API from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme to automate tenancy deposit registration and reduce...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Sarah Davies, Commercial Director at The Letting Partnership What is The...
21 March 2022
From: 60 Second Interview

A lettings firm specialising in holiday properties is reported to have disappeared with all items taken from its office and calls...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Hamilton Fraser, well known as a provider of insurance products and services to letting agents and landlords, has been acquired by...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News

High profile PropTech supplier The Depositary is offering free and unlimited training for agents on its platform, beginning this week. A message...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

One of the country's leading agency groups has signed a multi-year deal with PropTech firm Goodlord. Andrews Property Group, which has 49...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland wants to investigate the existing qualification and training requirements for letting agencies in that...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has revealed that it will cost some £3.6m to correct compliance issues in its lettings division. The agency continues to stay...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News

There’s a 15 year record high in the number of buy to let mortgage products available for current or new landlords. The...
28 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading lettings agent has warned tenants against using social media to find rental properties. David Alexander - head of DJ Alexander,...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks says a newspaper story suggesting it will sell off its rental business is not true. A company statement this morning, issued...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News

The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Lloyds Banking Group - which this year announced its intention to become a private landlord through the acquisition of new build...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent who also runs a tenant complaint insurance service has renewed his attack on landlords and local authorities. Ajay Jagota...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks says its head of lettings has left after just eight months - and just days after a crisis involving tenant deposits. A Purplebricks...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

‘Generation rent’ was a term first coined in 2011 by the Halifax in a survey on the future of homeownership. It...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

A Newcastle lettings agency says it’s cracked how to help reduce tenancy disputes at check out and speed up the return...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News

There are fewer than 70 tickets left for December 7's rescheduled 25th ARLA Propertymark Conference and Exhibition. Originally due to take place in...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks is refusing to say how many tenants and landlords were affected by its failure to comply with the law requiring deposits...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors many quit the sector if proposals in the Northern Ireland Private Tenancies Bill go-ahead in their existing...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Figures from the Deposit Protection Service suggest that students returned to university in greater numbers this year compared to 2020. The service...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Rents for detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021 says the Deposit...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A leading agent and member of the Propertymark board says London’s letting agencies and private rental sector need government help -...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The long-awaited White Paper on rental reform is some time away, with a minister at the centre of its preparation saying he and...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The flurry of increased interest in buy to let means the choice of mortgage products for investors is now greater than...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Lettings platform Goodlord has opened its doors north of the border. Agents based in Scotland can now sign up to Goodlord, which...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The Welsh Government has revealed that it hasn’t had time to evaluate its tenant fee ban due to the pandemic. Tenant fees...
21 September 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 lettings agent has been jailed for three years for defrauding tenants and landlords out of more than £182,000. Lee Clarke, 42,...
20 September 2021
From: Breaking News

It is understood that Lloyds Bank may use local agencies to find tenants for new private rental sector activities. In recent weeks...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech supplier claims letting agents can now register deposits at the click of a button thanks to a new integration...
08 September 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has waded into the growing controversy over pets being allowed in rental properties. Last week a letter was sent to...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Pressure is growing to amend the 2019 Tenant Fees Act to allow charging additional deposits and insurance to cover pets in private rental...
02 September 2021
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New data from Rightmove shows that demand for pet friendly rental properties has increased by 120 per cent compared to last...
26 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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Propertymark has joined four so-called ‘action groups’ advocating housing policy changes including the setting up of a national landlord register and...
30 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A new report calls for large scale reform of the private rental sector, including a national landlord register and changes to...
27 July 2021
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ARLA Propertymark has hit back at a demand from London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan that he be given the powers to...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Lloyds Bank says tenants will “within the next few weeks” move into the first of a series of new developments it...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The Dogs Trust campaign ‘lets with pets’ states: “Landlords and letting agencies who exclude pet owners from their properties are missing out...
29 June 2021
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It’s been reported that the Lloyds Banking Group is set to buy its first property as it seeks to become a...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has waded into the controversy over whether private rental tenants should be allowed to keep pets in their properties. As reported...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

There have been just 17 First Tier Tribunal cases involving allegations of fees charged to tenants in contravention of the Tenants...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

A property investment platform has taken the unusual approach of accusing the government of driving up homelessness through its policy of...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Campaign group Generation Rent has set out a 10-point plan for reform of the private rental sector in favour of tenants. Its...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News

With winter gone and spring now in full bloom, there’s no better time to inspect your property to check for damage...
19 May 2021
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Some lettings industry figures are beginning to express doubt as to whether the government’s broad commitment to reform the private rental...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...
13 May 2021
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The government’s pledge to introduce a lifetime deposits concept, theoretically making it easier and cheaper for tenants to move, has been...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The most vocal campaign group for tenants, Generation Rent, has warned government that renters have already been waiting two years for...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says the government is willing to listen to agents and other industry players ahead of...
12 May 2021
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The government has confirmed that reform of the private rental sector will be a priority for the coming session of Parliament. A...
11 May 2021
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Today’s Queen’s Speech, setting out the government’s legislative programme for the next year, is expected to include rental reform. It’s thought one...
11 May 2021
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The State Opening of Parliament will take place on Tuesday May 11, with many expecting this to be when the government confirms...
26 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Letting agents have only 10 days to open segregated client accounts or they could face being expelled by their client money...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

An investigation is underway into a lettings agency which has gone into liquidation owing almost £500,000 in rent to landlords and in...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Research by Hamptons suggests that the increased house prices caused by the stamp duty holiday sales surge has indirectly obliged more...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Campaigning charity Shelter has criticised Chancellor Rishi Sunak for allegedly leaving “far more people on the brink of homelessness than homeownership.” Chief...
09 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m David Hackett, Head of Business Development for The DPS What...
04 March 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

A new survey suggests only a small minority of landlords use agents to partly or wholly manage their portfolios. The survey, by...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency is warning that fraudsters have copied property listings and put them on Facebook Marketplace, demanding deposits from the...
11 February 2021
From: Breaking News

New research suggests even those renters who want to be owner occupiers are likely to remain in the lettings sector in the...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Research from independent financial service market monitor Moneyfacts shows a small but encouraging increase in the number of buy to let mortgages...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

One of the housing ministers with responsibility for the introduction of the controversial Renters Reform Bill in the near future has...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

The long-awaited Renters' Reform Bill, promised 14 months ago, is likely to be introduced to the House of Commons “very soon.” The...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Connells has made it clear that the innovation and technology it has put into lettings are key to identifying the approach it...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Only 0.3 per cent of all tenancies in England and Wales ended with a dispute over the deposit in the six...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Just over half the claims made by landlords against tenancy deposits in 2020 cited a need to clean or make repairs...
30 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A letting agent and property management expert says the likely introduction of the Renters Reform Bill in 2021 is a chance...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Two industry suppliers are asking agents to contribute to a survey assessing how the lettings sector has performed in 2020. Government-authorised deposit...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A warning about illegal fees by letting agents has been produced by a local council Trading Standards team. It has come from...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A new online platform for students to search for and book accommodation has been launched, claiming to be “the fastest, simplest and...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service is running three free online deposit dispute webinars, with the first scheduled for next week. The UK’s largest...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Three lettings agents who kept tenants’ rent instead of passing it to the landlords have been ordered to pay almost £100,000...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Did you know your deposit protection obligations don't end with paying the deposit? You also need to serve the Prescribed Information within 30...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

Deposit alternative service flatfair has been named as one of the top 50 start-ups to work for in London. Recruitment platform Tempo...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being invited to additional courses from TDS Academy online. The courses, offering Continuing Professional Development training virtually, look in particular...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A Czech-based PropTech firm called Flatio says it’s entering the UK market and aims to have at least 10,000 properties listed...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has revealed significant new investment as its founder - ex-Zoopla commercial director Jon Notley - takes a...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Light has been shed at last on the long-running uncertainty about why some landlords choose to use lettings agents and some...
12 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Trading Standards in one region of the UK is staging Twitter quizzes aimed at students, and asking about agents’ fees surrounding...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Government intervention, which in recent years has seen scores of legal and regulatory changes to the private rental sector, may be...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A crooked lettings agent stole almost £30,000 from dozens of clients to prevent his business from going bankrupt. Tim Catherall, of Nottinghamshire,...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News

It appears that the Renters Reform Bill - a key measure in the 2019 Conservative General Election manifesto - has been...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A fully electronic check-in process can help to protect landlords’ properties and tenants’ deposits as students return to university over the...
18 September 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

One of the leading figures in the PropTech world is warning that letting agents must not be tempted into charging illegal...
08 September 2020
From: Breaking News

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A survey by The Tenancy Deposit Service suggests that half of landlords have experienced damage to their rental properties by pets. And...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A new service claims it could help to avoid arrears by mediating in disputes between tenants and landlords or their agents. The...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News

ARLA Propertymark and other organisations from across the housing sector have joined forces to support tenants and landlords facing rent arrears...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of rental deposit disputes lodged with one of the government-authorised deposit schemes has fallen 15 per cent across England...
25 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech platform backed by Countrywide and Foxtons says it offers agents an opportunity to reduce admin, increase revenue and...
23 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

Chancellors, the independent agency chain with over 50 offices across southern England and mid Wales, is launching a deposit-free renting option. Working with...
21 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s been a substantial 20 per cent rise in formal complaints about agents taken up by The Property Ombudsman. The figures refer...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A pressure group representing private tenants wants government to help housing associations purchase buy to let properties “at knockdown prices.” A blog...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times. If you have any appropriate advice you...
03 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

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it has contacted the government to see whether its members are deemed ‘essential’ and...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost two thirds of rental tenants cannot afford a deposit to allow them to purchase their own home according to a...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The typical UK private rental deposit, often considered high in this country, is thought to be relatively low by international standards...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the major deposit alternative operators has announced 31 new letting agency branches have signed up, from three high-profile brands. Zero...
12 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A Liberal Democrat MP is seeking to amend the Renters’ Reform Bill to make it illegal for tenants to be offered...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News

There’s a claim this morning that the average rent in the UK has increased only five per cent since 2014. Research by...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent who stole over £23,000 from tenants to pay for his gambling habit and pay off debt has escaped...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency owner has spoken about his bid to restore his firm's reputation after it was destroyed by a former employee. Earlier...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has made an uncompromising set of demands on the government, asking it to implement a...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Confusion among renters over the complex Tenant Fees Act could trigger a surge in complaints about agents to redress schemes -...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An agent has been disqualified from managing companies for five years after she failed to safeguard £28,000 worth of tenants’ deposits...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Three more deposit alternative supplier have issued statements seeking to distance their product from criticisms raised in a BBC investigation. Yesterday we carried...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A former letting agent has been censured over the handling of tenancy deposits following an investigation by a local council. Andrew Rhys...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

An increasing number of over-60s are now turning to the private rental sector - but, like other demographic sectors, they face...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the growing number of deposit replacement providers claims that there could be £1.2 billion in deposit monies that are...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A lettings management boss has been disqualified for six years after failing to safeguard over £68,000 worth of tenants’ deposits. Kelly Louise Forrester...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News

A trade magazine is reporting that online lettings agency Upad has been bought out by a PropTech platform. The Negotiator says Howsy...
13 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

It’s here - the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive comes into force today with significant challenges and implications for letting agents. The...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The government - which over the weekend made a surprise move to try to stop landlords banning tenants from keeping pets...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is to overhaul the model tenancy contract to make it easier for tenants to have pets. A surprise statement from the...
04 January 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the leading providers in the hyper-competitive deposit alternative niche has made a bid for support from London tenants by...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has set out its demands should the governmental go ahead with proposals for lifetime deposits. In...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The government’s Queen’s Speech has confirmed what the industry has effectively been expecting for some months. There will be a new lifetime...
20 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A Southampton lettings agency owner has been jailed after defrauding landlords and tenants out of £230,000. Andrew Whitehead has been jailed for...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Unusual research undertaken by an alternative deposit scheme suggests that women pay a substantially higher proportion of their salary than men,...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Luton council has opened Lets Squared, a High Street lettings and estate agency using public funds - even though the town...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Lobbying government can work, at least in some circumstances, as the Association of Residential Lettings Agents has seen in Wales. Letting agents...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The average deposit paid by a new private tenant is now £1,299 according to a new player in the deposit alternative...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and landlords who prepare for a dispute at the outset of a tenancy increase their chances of avoiding one...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled in favour of deposit alternative scheme flatfair in a dispute which began with a complaint...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Canopy, a firm that says it wants to eliminate rental deposits in the next five years, has won a £50,000 cash...
03 December 2019
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

A broad commitment to strengthen landlords’ rights has been made in the Conservative manifesto - and it’s been welcomed by a...
26 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading provider of deposit alternatives has voiced concern at the Conservatives’ proposal to have a lifetime deposit scheme to make...
25 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives’ new concept of a so-called Lifetime Deposit has been welcomed by the Residential Landlords Association. Yesterday, Letting Agent Today revealed...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News

On the day that Labour launches its proposals to reform the private rental sector, the Tories have announced so-called Lifetime Rental...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Some 45 per cent of those who don’t yet own a home think they never will, according to a new report. While...
19 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

One of the leading providers of deposit alternatives in the UK wants the government to embrace the option - even to...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The typical delay in tenants receiving their returned deposits is “crippling” for many. That’s the view of the Association of Independent Inventory...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Three criminals have been sentenced after pleading guilty to money laundering involving an online lettings agency. The sentences follow an investigation spearheaded...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Another online lettings agency has come forward with a deal to help landlords and tenants stranded after the closure of Upad. Last...
16 October 2019
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Giant glow-in-the-dark swear words, a sex toy and a pet python are among some of the items that students left in...
16 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Several lettings agencies have stepped up to offer help to stranded customers of the collapsed online service Upad. A notice on Upad’s...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are to be offered free training in managing tenancy deposits and disputes if they operate in Edinburgh. In the last...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News

High end London estate agency Chestertons has signed up with Zero Deposits, one of the deposit replacement services expanding across the...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Ben Beadle is to be the chief executive of the new National Residential Landlords Association, launching in January. The new body comes...
24 September 2019
From: Breaking News
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A typical lettings agent could save some two and a half hours’ time each working day if they adopted more Artificial...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...
27 August 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
From: Breaking News

A lettings agent says she has just spent three months trying to get evidence of her Client Money Protection policy -...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

With the recent introduction of the Tenant Fees Act – which bans upfront fees charged by letting agents and caps security...
19 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content

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
From: Breaking News

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...
15 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content

The Deposit Protection Service has revealed that more than four out of 10 of the tenancy deposits it manages are currently...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News
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PropTech, and specifically Artificial Intelligence, could help letting agents better cope with new demands created by further industry regulation. That’s the view...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A Cardiff lettings agent claims to have become the first in Wales to stop charging fees to new and existing tenants. CPS...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative service Zero Deposit has become the “exclusive deposit replacement partner” of the National Landlord Association - less than two...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

An analysis of rental properties in Scotland to discover the most numerous overseas landlords has discovered, perhaps surprisingly, that they come...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy to let investors in the UK are spending nearly £4.7 billion a year on their rental properties, an average of...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative provider flatfair has teamed up with mydeposits - and claims to now be the first provider to bring tenancy...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

In the past 18 months more than 200 landlords from across Scotland have been found to be in breach of a...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The government is considering the idea of a deposit passport for use by tenants when they move from one property to...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade body has accused the government of going back on its promise not to introduce a national register of landlords. The...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme, which suggested a devastating fire in early January, has been recognised for the professional, efficient and calm...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Deposit alternative service flatfair has partnered with Barbon Insurance Group to co-market the two organisations’ products. “We’re thrilled to partner with the...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Two housing organisations have come together to fund a major research programme to improve standards in the private rental sector. They are...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

As competition hots up between different deposit replacement scheme providers, three new Build To Rent sign-ups have been announced by one...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Two landlords will this evening be seen securing the £16,000 they are owed by a rogue lettings agent - and TV...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The consumer charity Citizens Advice has hailed the Tenant Fees Act and the ban on letting agents’ charges to renters as...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...
29 May 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Lettings agents are being urged to educate themselves as much as possible about rival deposit alternative schemes which are becoming increasingly...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News

PropTech supplier Goodlord says it’s updated its core product to ensure compliance with new regulations - and it says it’s offering...
24 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Not-for-profit operator Tenancy Deposit Scheme says early intervention between landlords and tenants across the UK is resulting in many more deposit...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News

An MP says he will raise with local police chiefs a series of claims from landlords and tenants concerning a lettings...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords are being warned to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once the fees ban kicks in...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A rent guarantor provider claims that deposits which prospective tenants are required to pay are often reduced if such a service...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Tenancy deposit alternative Reposit has announced a partnership with Pattinson, the largest independent agency network in the North East. The 26-branch network...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A new solution to help letting agents deal with the introduction of the security deposit cap under the Tenant Fees Act...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Letting agents across England have been accused of potentially breaching consumer law by demanding deposits before tenants even see a contract. The...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Figures calculated by Rightmove suggest that even when the Fees Ban and Deposit Caps kick in on June 1, some deposits...
18 April 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that the Welsh version of the Tenants Fees ban will come into effect on September 1. “Agents need to...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has launched a 10-element tool kit for agents ahead of the fees ban on June...
03 April 2019
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

The council for one of the wealthiest areas in the country says it will be “educating and advising letting agents” on...
27 March 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 crooked letting agent took £220,000 from tenants and landlords and has been exposed as buying a home in Florida, renting...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A Scottish mediation company and the SafeDeposits Scotland Trust are to create eight workshops aiming to improve relationships between agents, landlords,...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A programme of nine new educational workshops takes place next month, some of which target new agents with little or no experience of deposits...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The government has announced that over £19.5m is to be spent on paying deposits or paying the first month’s rent for...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Client Money Protect has gained formal government approval to operate a client money protection scheme when the regulations go live on...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Over half of the Millennials consulted in a survey say they want to get away from renting so badly they would...
19 February 2019
From: Breaking News

March 19 has been set as the next date for the Welsh equivalent of the Tenant Fees Ban Bill to be...
18 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A senior Labour politician claims that “unscrupulous” letting agents are hammering tenants with higher-than-usual charges between now and June 1 when...
14 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The Tenants’ Fees Bill has now become law, receiving formal Royal Assent yesterday afternoon - and within minutes, the government issued...
13 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Disrepair in communal areas of private blocks is to be tackled in a new series of seminars for letting agents and...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Lettings agency Haart says it will return up to £20m in deposits to existing tenants if they sign up to a...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Mystery surrounds the whereabouts of a letting agent who appears not to be in any redress scheme, is being investigated by...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme - which was hit by a serious fire at its Hemel Hempstead headquarters last evening - has appointed...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A leading PropTech entrepreneur says letting agents must provide value for their landlord clients through technology, transparency and service if they...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A crooked lettings agent who illegally pocketed tenants’ deposits to pay for his gambling addiction and lavish lifestyle has been convicted...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A rental campaigner claims the amount of money stolen this year by crooked lettings agents and landlords has topped the £1.3m...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Most tenants believe they will never be able to own a home because of the burden of saving for a deposit...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings company’s management director has been disqualified for failing to protect thousands of pounds of tenants’ deposits. Kari Jade Ridout from...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Three letting agents who failed to return tenants’ deposits or pass on rent payments to landlords have been convicted of fraud...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Labour claims it was the driving force behind the government’s decision to cap tenants’ security deposits from six weeks to five...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News

New rules to protect rent paid by tenants to letting agents will fail to provide adequate protection for landlords, a trade...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Deposit protection provider The Dispute Service says it has seen a big rise in the number of deposits it protects in...
07 December 2018
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An angry lettings agent has emailed Cabinet minister James Brokenshire to show his disgust at the government’s U-turn over deposit caps. In...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords have united against what is being seen as the latest attack on the private rental sector by the...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been widespread Industry anger at news of a possible U-turn by the government over the proposed cap on security...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency owner in Norfolk has been arrested on suspicion of fraud and theft following a newspaper probe. Earlier this year...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News

London agency giant Kinleigh Folkard and Hayward is the latest to offer its tenant clients a no-deposit service. It's going to use...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The first-ever pet think tank has launched to address what is claimed to be a lack of pet-friendly rental accommodation in...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Fewer than one per cent of private tenancies end in a dispute over the deposit - and the figure is this...
22 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector is not fit for purpose when it comes to housing vulnerable tenants, claims debt charity StepChange which...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News

An online toolkit for tenants on how to best navigate the rental system has been launched by Shelter Scotland with funding...
09 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The Nationwide has called for greater consistency in the treatment and return of security deposits so that tenants leaving properties in...
23 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Zero Deposit, one of the insurance-based schemes offering an alternative to traditional tenancy deposits, has signed up its first independent agency...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Some 1.5m tenants could be at risk of losing their deposits, claims a campaigner for insurance-based alternatives to deposits. Ajay Jagota, head...
18 October 2018
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 Bedford Estate, which covers part of Covent Garden and includes Bloomsbury, has linked up with one of the growing number...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A comparison website claims that over 1.5m tenants know their landlord has not placed their deposits into a government-backed deposit protection...
03 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Lettings agents, landlords and consumers are being warned about a growing number of ‘for-profit’ companies claiming to be independent inventory trade...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

One of Scotland’s top lettings agents is warning of “an air of criminality” in the rental industry north of the border. His...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Online lettings agency Upad has drastically overhauled its product range, introducing a ‘pick and mix’ option allowing landlords to choose services...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News

There has been a furious response from landlords and tenants to a police letter which says a local force is not...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Liquidators Grant Thornton says funds found in the accounts of a Guernsey lettings agent are likely to be sufficient to pay...
21 September 2018
From: Breaking News

A new study shows that 43 per cent of tenants want the system of private rental deposits to be dropped and...
18 September 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s a growing call for more police action over tracing a lettings agent who is apparently missing - as is some...
17 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The police have launched a fraud probe against a Norfolk estate agency which closed in June. The Eastern Daily Press (EDP) reports...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The House of Commons has published a briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes ahead of the Report Stage of the Tenant...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief commercial officer of PropTech startup Canopy says that letting agents and Build to Rent landlords need to accommodate the...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of mydeposits has hit back at a Which? report calling for reform - or possibly even replacement -...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Just under a third of people moving from one privately rented property to another in the past two years had to...
13 August 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Which?, the consumer body that appears to be taking an increasingly-aggressive line against letting agents and landlords, has now issued a...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News

From August 1 Nottingham council is introducing a new selective licensing regime covering an estimated 32,000 privately rented homes. This is an...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Crooked letting agents and landlords have so far this year been convicted of illegally pocketing over £900,000 of tenant’s cash – and there’s...
17 July 2018
From: Breaking News

A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News
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Tenants, landlords and buy to let investors are the targets for new online rental guides introduced by the Ministry of Housing,...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Two lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme. The first is Bower & Bower (B&B), a sales and lettings...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that a church is amongst those owed thousands of pounds by a letting agent who has gone to...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has written to two senior MPs in a bid to clarify two detailed provisions in the Tenants Fees Bill,...
19 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A regional newspaper claims that a lettings agency has collapsed, its boss has gone to ground, and thousands of pounds are...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The lettings industry has hit out at the Welsh Government’s proposals to ban agents’ fees levied on tenants. A Bill was put...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and landlords could be missing out on £61m of rent every month because families in temporary and emergency accommodation...
13 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A Bill which is likely to end up banning letting agents’ fees levied on tenants in Wales has been introduced into...
13 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A Member of Parliament who says “the majority of agents” engage in “dirty tactics” when it comes to fees imposed on...
11 June 2018
From: Breaking News

An adjudicator with the Tenancy Deposit Scheme has given advice on how to avoid disputes over gardening this summer. Writing on the...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A Build To Rent company that scrapped deposits for tenants a year ago says it has saved renters almost £3m in...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

John Lewis has announced details of a partnership with rental app Canopy to provide employees with the opportunity to have their rent payments...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A national charity is calling on the government to tighten the 'default fees' clause which is part of the Tenant Fees...
23 May 2018
From: Breaking News

MPs will today undertake the second reading of the Tenant Fees Bill which proposes to ban upfront tenant fees and introduce...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

LonRes, the data and agent network business specialising in central London, is entering into a strategic partnership with rental services provider...
18 May 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

One of the PropTech companies at the centre of the Rent Recognition Challenge contest is calling on letting agents to use...
15 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The industry has reacted angrily to the announcement yesterday that the Tenants’ Fees Bill is now formally starting its progress through...
03 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The new sole chair of the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says he wants the service to be at the heart...
13 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A survey suggests that the advent of deposit-free renting in parts of the private rental sector may tempt tenants away from...
06 April 2018
From: Breaking News

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
From: Breaking News

Academic research suggests tenants in England and Wales are missing out on £80m of interest to tenancy deposit schemes every single...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A Select Committee of MPs investigating the proposed ban on agents’ fees levied on tenants says the measure could save renters...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Spicerhaart has signed up with a deposit-free renting platform to offer landlords and tenants the option of working with a no-deposit system...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Proposals to cap security deposits for private rented housing to six weeks rent risk creating a charter for rent cheats warns...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme is sending its congratulations to the writers of an EastEnders storyline tackling problems in the private rented sector. A recent...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A warning has come from a campaigning letting agent that London’s landlords agents could be costing themselves tenants by requiring them...
20 March 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

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
From: Breaking News

Some letting agencies and selected landlords are being asked to take part in a new survey investigating views and experiences in...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The cash value of tenancy deposits crooked landlords and letting agents have been convicted of pocketing in 2018 has already passed...
27 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The director of a lettings agency who who stole hundreds of thousands of pounds to spend on holidays and other luxuries...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Crooked landlords and letting agents were convicted of stealing £1,162,037 of tenant’s cash in 2017 – a rise of 14 per...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A trade body says it wants more clarity from the Labour Party on its proposals to allow private sector tenants to...
14 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A crooked lettings agent has been ordered to repay thousands of pounds from his pension. As previously reported on Letting Agent Today...
12 February 2018
From: Breaking News

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

A letting agent has been spared jail despite stealing over £7,600 from tenants to subsidise his failing business. Simon Cawley, from Kingsbridge...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

New research claims that as many as 78 per cent of young adults aged 18 to 30 fear they will never...
11 January 2018
From: Breaking News

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

The government's plan to cap tenancy deposits at six weeks rent threatens to cost Britain’s renters an average of £1391 –...
13 November 2017
From: Breaking News

ARLA has set out the main reasons why tenants don't get their deposits back in every case. A survey of its members...
09 November 2017
From: Breaking News

London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has repeated his criticism of the government’s decision to cap security deposits at the level of...
06 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Campaigning lettings agency chief Ajay Jagota says he is unconvinced by government plans to make it a criminal offence for letting...
03 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Trade organisatons have reacted predictably to the government’s latest announcements and publications concerning the private rental sector. Yesterday the Department of Communities...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The private rental sector is likely to benefit as a result of first time buyers’ lack of understanding of the timings,...
02 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The draft Bill to ban letting agents’ fees levied on tenants has been published - it’s to be called the Tenants’...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A study by the Romans lettings agency group has highlighted common issues cited by agents and landlords deducting funds from a...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A campaigning letting agent says that at the start of this financial year the total cash value of deposits held in...
30 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Online lettings agency Upad says landlords are concerned that insurance-based alternatives to traditional deposit schemes may not cover them for repairs...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Build To Rent developer Be says it is moving to a no-fees model for its development at Hayes in west London....
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A lettings agency chief who monitors legal action against rogue agencies and landlords says almost £850,000 of deposits have been stolen...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Secretary of State for Wales has called on the Welsh Government to take measures against what he calls “unjust fees...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Newham council in London has published the UK’s first ever ratings scheme for letting agents, in which firms receive anything from...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A campaigning lettings agent says proposals to allow renters to transfer tenancy deposits between properties are to be welcomed – but...
17 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Alok Sharma has been told face to face that he should rethink the government's plans to cap security deposits...
20 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents are being reminded of the importance of independent and professionally compiled inventories for individual students as they start or...
19 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it is not surprised the majority of complaints made to The Property Redress Scheme...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Ajay Jagota, the north east agent known for his campaign against rental deposits, says recent initiatives by two deposit protection services...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

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 majority of landlords still believe that a cap on letting agent fees will be more effective than an outright ban,...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A Westminster Hall debate for MPs on letting agent fees will take place this morning in the House of Commons. The debate...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman scheme (TPO) has extended its expulsion of a letting agency by an additional four years. Premier Property Management, based...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Letting agents using insured deposit protection schemes have been urged to switch to a custodial model in order to compensate for...
05 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey conducted for MyDeposits suggests some nine per cent of landlords - or one in 11 - is likely to...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News

This month’s prosecution of a letting agency for issuing ‘sham licences’ that suggested occupiers had no right to challenge eviction and...
31 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Anti-deposits campaigning agent Ajay Jagota says the 2004 Housing Act - which actually came into effect in 2007 - may now...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A new report identifies in detail over 145 laws and regulations governing the private rental sector, varying across the four countries...
29 August 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

A leading trade body says a cap on damage deposits paid by tenants - as proposed by the government - could...
23 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Property Redress Scheme, one of three approved redress operations, says it saw a 33 per cent increase in membership in...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Former Countrywide chief executive and chairman Grenville Turner is one of a number of high profile new investors unveiled for Zero...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A no-holds-barred blog on a controversial website claims that it lifts the lid on being a letting agent in central London...
08 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Newham council is to set up the UK’s first letting agents rating scheme to protect residents and landlords from rogue agents. The...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey of over 2,000 private renters for an animal insurance company apparently produces the result that 27 per cent of...
31 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Crooked letting agents have been convicted of stealing almost £700,000 of tenants’ deposits in the first half of 2017. Campaigning letting agent...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A property campaigner says the failure of the police to investigate a lettings agent who was eventually convicted of fraud after...
20 July 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

A survey of letting and estate agencies suggest around half broadly back the changes to the private rental sector outlined in...
11 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A prominent lettings industry campaigner says the head of a tenancy deposit scheme has “serious questions to answer” after his comments...
10 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The government’s proposal to limit tenancy deposits to one month of rent and reservation fees to one week of rent will...
10 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The head of the parent firm of mydeposits is warning tenants and landlords tempted to enter into new ‘no-deposit’ schemes to...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News

An alternative to traditional deposits, already tested in the German rental market, is now being introduced into the UK - and...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News

HF Resolution Ltd, a subsidiary of Hamilton Fraser, has acquired one of the industry’s leading tenant eviction solicitor firms, Landlord Action. Landlord...
23 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A trade body wants independent inventories to become mandatory across the lettings sector - and it pledges to mount a campaign...
20 June 2017
From: Breaking News

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...
09 June 2017
From: 60 Second Interview

Large letting agents found to be flouting the incoming ban on letting agent fees should receive fines up to £30,000 to...
07 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Deposit protection organisation the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has announced that current ARLA Propertymark Vice President Claire Lloyd will be joining...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Research has revealed the top reasons tenants lose some or all of their deposits when they check out. The survey of 2,588...
05 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The average tenancy deposit for England and Wales is just below £1,000 according to the Deposit Protection Service’s figures for the...
31 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A Build To Rent operator with properties in London and Glasgow is scrapping tenants’ deposits from the middle of next month,...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Only just over a week remains before the end of the formal consultation on the government’s proposal to ban letting fees...
25 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme says the end of May usually triggers the annual movement of students from their rented properties -...
25 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A series of six video ‘shows’ - ideal for agents to promote to would-be investment buyers - has been launched by...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Liberal Democrats want a raft of additional controls on the private rented sector aimed at addressing what it describes as...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

As the end of the academic year approaches, one deposit protection scheme is urging student tenants to reclaim their deposits. SafeDeposits Scotland...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

An agency staff member has received a suspended prison sentence after stealing £11,500 in unclaimed deposits from a branch of Connells. Amy...
02 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Twenty agency groups have backed a call by the Association of Residential Letting Agents urging the government to extend or scrap its...
26 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A prominent campaigning letting and sales agent predicts that the Conservatives are likely to put their proposed ban on letting agency...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A prominent campaigner over the misappropriation of rental deposits has welcomed the news that government proposals to ban letting agent fees...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A tenant has been tracked down after a year-long exercise and has now picked up the deposit he forgot to collect...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A leading letting agent campaigning against rental sector deposits is warning that the industry might be hit with “astronominal” insurance premiums...
10 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Custodial deposit protection was introduced 10 years ago this week and the Deposit Protection Service has been marking the anniversary. Custodial protection...
07 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A letting agent has been jailed for keeping more than £15,000 in client deposits. Thirugnanaselvam Damayantharan ran See Own Properties in Purley and...
04 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Renters are spending half their wages keeping a roof over their head, are twice as likely as homeowners to have no...
27 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Mydeposits says it is aware of a new scam from what it calls “a fraudulent company” imitating mydeposits and getting in...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Cloud-based rental transaction platform Goodlord - already used by some agencies in the UK including Strutt & Parker and Remax -...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A trade body is warning letting agents and landlords of the need to have detailed evidence to support any deduction made...
13 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Hamilton Fraser - parent firm to mydeposits, Total Landlord Insurance, Property Redress Scheme and Client Money Protect - has brought its...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News

An online lettings firm claims that last year four out of 10 students had some or all of their deposits kept...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A convicted Surrey letting agent who used his clients’ money to cover his business debts has been ordered to pay £25,000...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A group of students in Bristol has won a court case after a lettings agency acting for a landlord deducted money...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Professional independent inventories can save money for landlords at a time when tax changes threaten to make private letting for expensive...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A total of 17 letting agencies have signed up to a rental charter set up by a Labour MP. Alan Whitehead, Labour...
16 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A letting agency at the centre of a controversy following a ruling by The Property Ombudsman has shut its office and...
15 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A fraudster has been jailed after being convicted on nine counts of fraud, theft and forgery relating to property firms which...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The average tenancy deposit for England and Wales is just below £1,000 - but London’s typical deposit is now at its...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

A campaigning lettings agent is demanding action over what he suggests is a tenancy deposit system that is in need of...
31 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Property campaigner Ajay Jagota has launched what he calls a “stolen deposits totaliser” to keep track of how much cash crooked...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents, tenants and landlords on Jersey in the Channel Islands are to receive updated advice on the returning of deposits. ITV News...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News

A former administrator at a Savills letting office has admitted embezzling around £16,000 from the firm over a five and a...
11 January 2017
From: Breaking News

Hamilton Fraser - parent company to several key brands operating in the private rental sector - has launched a series of...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The Resolution Foundation, a think tank, claims that home ownership is far lower than is widely believed to be the case...
03 January 2017
From: Breaking News

A London council has agreed to implement a new ‘standards charter’ for the private rental sector from next month - in...
15 December 2016
From: Breaking News

There is a new warning from the Bank of England suggesting that - despite all the recent measures aimed against buy...
02 December 2016
From: Breaking News

No decision yet appears to have been taken on the fate of the Renters’ Rights Bill - which had as a...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Fees charged by letting agents will be discussed in the House of Lords tomorrow as the Renters’ Rights Bill reaches its...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The soaring cost of a private rental deposit - now approaching £1,000 - makes the need for an accurate inventory greater...
14 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The Renters’ Rights Bill - which includes provisions scrapping agents’ fees for tenants, mandatory registration of landlords and limiting the size of...
07 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks says it is concerned at the results of a survey suggesting 79 per cent of...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News

An industry body says more work must be done to reduce the number of tenancy deposit disputes, despite recent improvements. The Association...
21 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Three men have received prison sentences of up to 28 months after a nationwide lettings scam was unearthed by trading standards...
20 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Crooked letting agencies have been convicted of stealing £1,018,100 of deposits this year alone – and one agent claims this figure...
17 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Letting agents and landlords across Scotland have been invited to check they are up to speed with current regulations at a...
13 October 2016
From: Breaking News

An estate agent from Devon who conned landlords, tenants and even his friends out of a total of £157,250 has been...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of so-called ‘parent landlords’ is set to rise as increasing numbers of baby boomers use buy to let as...
07 October 2016
From: Breaking News

As an Agent, understanding and managing your landlords’ expectations of their tenants and property is a necessary and sometimes difficult task....
05 October 2016
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A Bairstow Eves letting agent who stole over £21,000 in tenants’ deposits over two years to pay her own payday loan...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The Property Ombudsman scheme’s annual report, just released, reveals that there has been a dramatic 32 per cent surge in the...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News

On Friday afternoon Letting Agent Today broke the news of four letting agencies being expelled by The Property Ombudsman - and...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The local press serving the area of Kirkcaldy is reporting concern about a local letting agent after numerous tenants and landlords...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Four separate estate and letting agencies have been expelled from membership of The Property Ombudsman and from registration for lettings redress...
30 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The number of tenancy deposit disputes reached a record high in 2015-16, but still represents only a fraction of all deposits. Figures...
27 September 2016
From: Breaking News

SafeDeposits Scotland has announced that Ian Potter will succeed Sir Andrew Cubie as the organisation's chairman. Potter, who has been on the...
21 September 2016
From: Breaking News

A letting agent who stole more than £400,000 from clients has had her sentence appeal dismissed by judges. Amy Williams, who part-owned Williams...
19 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The average UK tenant expects to remain part of the Private Rented Sector for a further decade, according to a new...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Our key partner and buy-to-let specialist, Hamilton Fraser, and renown industry expert, Paul Shamplina have released the first in a new...
12 September 2016
From: Sponsored Content

The newly-elected mayor of Bristol and the city’s council have endorsed a so-called ethical lettings charter created by a group known...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News

New data from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme shows that at the end of March 2016 there were a total of 3.426m...
12 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Four out of 10 students lose well over a third of their deposits when they rent privately while at university or...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News

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