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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

Making sure the check-in process for tenants is carried out in a smooth manner is more important than ever, in light...
07 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

An online agency has denied a claim that it is allowing High Street agents to use its platform to avoid paying...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...
12 March 2020
From: Sponsored Content

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

One of the growing number of deposit alternative services, flatfair, has announced a partnership with lettings platform Goodlord. Agents and landlords can...
07 June 2019
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

Rightmove has fallen in line with Zoopla and is banning the term ‘No DSS’ from its lettings agents’ listings from the...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Zoopla says it’s introducing new measures to minimise the presence of what it calls “blanket restrictions” imposed on tenants who receive...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

An advertisement on a property management firm’s website suggesting that rental income would be guaranteed to landlords has been banned by...
21 November 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s been a difficult summer for Airbnb and other short-let platforms operating in the UK. Recently the European Commission gave Airbnb until the...
31 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

Airbnb is facing more attempts to regulate its short lets, this time with the European Commission calling on the platform to...
18 July 2018
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

What does it say on your business card? Just ‘Director’ – I’m involved in every area of the business at the moment. What...
01 July 2016
From: 60 Second Interview

The Property 118 website - which last week won a notable victory in the Court of Appeal against a building society...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The Guardian newspaper has taken a perhaps-predictable swipe at letting agents and property portals for the way in which they display...
29 March 2016
From: Breaking News

A signed tenancy agreement is not worth the paper it is written as tenants are blatantly ignoring its terms and conditions...
18 September 2015
From: Breaking News

A firm behind a new rental repair management claims landlords no longer have to pay ”expensive property management fees to lettings...
08 September 2015
From: Breaking News

No one likes to be called and told, your boiler has broken down or a burst pipe has caused damage to...
13 August 2015
From: Sponsored Content

Earlier this week we passed the official deadline for letting agents to fully publicise their fees as well as providing evidence of which...