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Half of all private renters would not know where to turn to if a letting agent failed to address a problem...

The Competition and Markets Authority’s in depth investigation into the controversial deposit alternative concept has been welcomed by one of the...

There’s more evidence today that cleaning remains the largest cause of disputes between agents and tenants. Data released by The Dispute Service...

Propertymark chief executive Nathan Emerson says he will use his role on the board of The Deposit Service to fight for...

It can be done - a council has U-turned on plans for a licensing scheme for landlords. The move by Hounslow council...

Do you know how much your deposits should be? Since June 1 of this year, the government has capped deposits at...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme - which was hit by a serious fire at its Hemel Hempstead headquarters last evening - has appointed...

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

Academic research suggests tenants in England and Wales are missing out on £80m of interest to tenancy deposit schemes every single...

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

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

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

A prominent lettings industry campaigner says the head of a tenancy deposit scheme has “serious questions to answer” after his comments...

A campaigning lettings agent is demanding action over what he suggests is a tenancy deposit system that is in need of...

Crooked letting agencies have been convicted of stealing £1,018,100 of deposits this year alone – and one agent claims this figure...

The newly-elected mayor of Bristol and the city’s council have endorsed a so-called ethical lettings charter created by a group known...

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

A lettings agency has become the first in Scotland to be sanctioned for breaching rules that secure the deposits of its...

An ‘ethical lettings charter’ set up over a year ago by a pressure group for improved private rental sector housing has...

Compulsory client money protection kitemark organisation SAFEagent says the lettings industry should be making public just how much is paid out...

Landlords or agents acting for them will no longer be immediately criminalised for failing to pick up illegal tenants according to...

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

Local councils are being urged to drop landlord licensing schemes following the publication of new laws showing that they are not...

AllAgents is calling for the scrapping of the insurance-backed tenancy deposit schemes. The review website claims these schemes are misleading, as tenants...

A group of renters who have formed the Acorn group in Bristol - which has already held protests against letting agents...