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A survey of more than 1,000 landlords in the Deposit Protection Service shows the scale of change in the private rental...

Latest data from The Deposit Protection Service suggests rents have risen faster than inflation over the past year. The organisation’s Rent Index...

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

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

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

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

Average UK rents increased for the fifth consecutive quarter in Q4 2021 according to The Deposit Protection Service, as stock shortages...

Figures from the Deposit Protection Service suggest that students returned to university in greater numbers this year compared to 2020. The service...

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

When it comes to gathering evidence for deposit disputes, the need for thoroughness is understandable. However, on occasion some landlords take...

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 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...

The current need to work from home, and the prospect of continuing to do so in part after the pandemic, is changing...

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...

With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...

The Deposit Protection Service and safeagent (formerly NALS) have created a free, online course showing best practice in starting tenancies.  The new...

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

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

The Deposit Protection Service has teamed up with Comparethemarket in a bid to offer utility deals to tenants.  Renters who have their...

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