Just over half the claims made by landlords against tenancy deposits in 2020 cited a need to clean or make repairs...
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30 December 2020
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The private rental sector should embrace the idea of tenants with pets and not object to the prospect. That’s the view of...
24 November 2020
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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
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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
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With college and university terms about to start, and ever-more diligence required over Coronavirus, the Deposit Protection Service is offering an...
11 September 2020
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New tenancies recorded by The Deposit Protection Service suggests the market is back almost to its pre-pandemic levels of activity. Data in...
23 July 2020
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The Deposit Protection Service has issued seven ways to help agents and students in England and Wales arrange accommodation check-outs during...
24 June 2020
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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
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Tenants paid a UK average monthly rent of £775 during the first quarter of this year according to the Deposit Protection...
29 April 2020
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Over 100,000 current or aspiring tenants have signed up to an education programme explaining how the rental sector works, run by...
09 March 2020
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The Property Ombudsman has expelled five agencies, mostly for failures to honour awards: four of them are lettings operations and one...
21 February 2020
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Letting agents and landlords who prepare for a dispute at the outset of a tenancy increase their chances of avoiding one...
09 December 2019
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The Deposit Protection Service has teamed up with Comparethemarket in a bid to offer utility deals to tenants. Renters who have their...
01 November 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
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Average UK rents continued to rise between July and September, but failed to keep up with inflation, according to The Deposit...
11 October 2019
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It’s that time of year again when pencil cases are fully stocked and the smell of dusty books opening fills the...
13 September 2019
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27 August 2019
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The Deposit Protection Service has revealed that more than four out of 10 of the tenancy deposits it manages are currently...
09 August 2019
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The average UK rent rose from £757 to £771 during the second quarter of 2019 - that’s 1.7 per cent, according...
11 July 2019
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A number of industry experts have warned letting agents and landlords to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once...
29 May 2019
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Agents and landlords are being warned to prepare for a surge in tenants moving property once the fees ban kicks in...
16 May 2019
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A new solution to help letting agents deal with the introduction of the security deposit cap under the Tenant Fees Act...
08 May 2019
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Average monthly UK rent is now at its lowest level for three years according to the Deposit Protection Service. Average rent fell...
11 April 2019
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A new free online training course which guides letting agents through the key principles of disputes has been released by The...
27 February 2019
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Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...
24 January 2019
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The Deposit Protection Service says almost a quarter of students lost part of their tenancy deposit when they left their accommodation...
05 October 2018
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A gloomy report from The Deposit Protection Service says the UK’s rental market is in recession for the first time since...
17 September 2018
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Cleaning and property damage are the most common reasons landlords make deposit deductions, according to data released by The Deposit Protection...
06 September 2018
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Well-respected London lettings agent and former ARLA president Lucy Morton is the latest key figure to pour cold water on government...
05 July 2018
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A rental market survey conducted for The Deposit Protection Service claims the average rent has fallen in the UK for the...
26 April 2018
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Some letting agencies and selected landlords are being asked to take part in a new survey investigating views and experiences in...
28 February 2018
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The successful transfer of £12 billion worth of buy-to-let mortgages has been completed. Last year, Blackstone and Prudential purchased the book of...
20 February 2018
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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...
14 November 2017
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Ajay Jagota, the north east agent known for his campaign against rental deposits, says recent initiatives by two deposit protection services...
11 September 2017
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Letting agents using insured deposit protection schemes have been urged to switch to a custodial model in order to compensate for...
05 September 2017
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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
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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
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Almost two in five private tenants plan to remain renting rather than buy a property, according to a new study. A survey...
24 January 2017
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The typical deposit paid when a tenant moves to a new property in England and Wales is set to break the...
02 September 2016
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There is another warning today that changes to buy to let mortgage tax relief will lead to increased rents. Back in July,...
26 November 2015
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Repairs software provider Fixflo - which last week entered into a partnership with The Property Ombudsman scheme and The Deposit Protection...
23 November 2015
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The Property Ombudsman scheme and The Deposit Protection Service are entering into a partnership with software specialist Fixflo to create a...
12 November 2015
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Eight out of 10 in rental accommodation want tenancy agreements of one year or less, a large survey by The Deposit Protection...
09 November 2015
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Students are considered to be almost twice as likely to lose their deposit at the end of a tenancy than any...
23 September 2015
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New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks. Under the...
23 June 2015
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New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks. Under the...
23 June 2015
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The Deposit Protection Service is reminding letting agents and landlords that they have to act with extreme urgency over older tenancy...
16 June 2015
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Landlords and letting agents have been issued a reminder that they have less then three weeks to protect tenancy deposits with...
05 June 2015
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents says landlords who are not using their agents for deposit registration should be reminded to...