Tenancy progression platform Propoly has announced three integrations with other PropTech services - Helpthemove, Zero Deposit and mydeposits. Propoly managing director Sim...
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![Fewer tenant disputes, claim new industry partners](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/UnhappyTenants-400x310.png)
Inventory services supplier No Letting Go and my deposits have announced a strategic partnership. The partners claim the deal with combine reports...
13 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Mydeposits custodial scheme - new platform launched](/upload/images/shutterstock_518693581.jpg)
A new platform for the mydeposits custodial scheme has launched this week, incorporating features inspired by feedback from members and designed...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![High profile supplier restructures and renames](/upload/images/1%20AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
One of the highest profile groups in the private rental sector supplier space - Hamilton Fraser - is restructuring. In future the...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Bonanza as new lettings integrations announced today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
Proptech firm The Lettings Hub has launched a trio of integrations - with Reapit, Home Telecom, and Live Chat software Tawk. Reapit...
03 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Introduce yourself A: My name is Sean Hooker. I have worked for the HFIS group for sixteen years, originally helping set...
23 March 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
![Trade body launches four new products to agent members](/upload/images/Back-link-images/Can_%20a_%20tenant_%20withhold_%20rent_%20over_%20a_broken_%20boiler_%20.jpg)
The UK Association of Letting Agents is introducing four new products to its agent members. Several of the products are from the...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Deposits - figures show remarkably few agent-tenant disputes](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Calculator-PoundCoins-2019-400x310.jpg)
The average private rental tenancy deposit last year exceeded £1,000 new figures show. At an average of £1,005 per tenancy, the cost...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tenant deposits fall in response to mandatory fees ban](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
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
![myDeposits parent company acquired by big insurance group](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Bridging%20image2%20695x400.jpg)
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
![Multi-year PropTech deal signed by major lettings agency](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlinePropertySearch-3-400x310.jpg)
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
![Purplebricks lettings error will cost millions to fix](/upload/images/library/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
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
![Purplebricks lettings chief quits after deposit controversy](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
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
![Purplebricks refuses to give details of tenancy deposit failure](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
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
![Agency helps PropTech supplier fine-tune deposits service](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Hybrid-Property-400x310.jpg)
A PropTech supplier claims letting agents can now register deposits at the click of a button thanks to a new integration...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Only small minority of landlords use agents, new report suggests](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![How was 2020 for you? Agents asked their views by industry suppliers](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Revealed - why some landlords do not use letting agents](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Deposit disputes drop - but cleaning is still the main problem](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Poor communication still chief cause of check-out disputes](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Deposit Alternatives: new entrant to market is Hamilton Fraser](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Huge £9m boost for flatfair as deposit alternative race hots up](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Traditional deposit and deposit alternative now possible via link-up](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Deposits chief hits back at consumer group's 'broken system' jibe](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Agents being selected to take part in most authoritative rental survey](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![MPs wary of 'unintended consequences' of fees ban](/img/default/lat.png)
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
!['One in 11 landlords could stop using agents to save money'](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Dlighted chief accuses Mydeposits boss of bully tactics](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Mydeposits launches sharp attack on 'no-deposit' alternatives](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Eviction firm Landlord Action acquired by redress scheme owner](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Reminder to agents - only a week remaining for fees ban consultation](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Twenty agencies back call to extend or suspend fees ban consultation](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Letting agents targeted by fraudulent email scammers](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![New website brings together PRS, mydeposits and others](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Mydeposits teams up with charity to 'professionalise' deposits](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![New podcasts aim to educate agents, landlords and tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Managing your landlord clients’ expectations throughout the tenancy](/img/default/lat.png)
As an Agent, understanding and managing your landlords’ expectations of their tenants and property is a necessary and sometimes difficult task....
05 October 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Number of tenancy deposit disputes reaches record high](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![Expert Advice on Student Lets from mydeposits](/img/default/lat.png)
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
![When can a tenant withhold rent?](/img/default/lat.png)
A fundamental part of any tenancy agreement is the tenant’s obligation to pay rent to live in the property. In return,...
30 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Top tips for Preparing your Dispute Evidence](/img/default/lat.png)
Suzy Hershman, Head of Dispute Resolution for mydeposits, covers her top tips for preparing your dispute evidence If I had a £1 for...
12 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Lifting the Lid on Deposit Disputes](/img/default/lat.png)
Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Deposit deductions – What you can and can’t claim for](/img/default/lat.png)
When renting out a property, most landlords choose to take a deposit from their tenant prior to the tenancy starting. The...
29 July 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![What to consider when calculating “fair wear and tear”](/img/default/lat.png)
For a long time, fair wear and tear has been a grey area for landlords and letting agents alike; this is...
15 July 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Rent Smart Wales workshop announced for July](/img/default/lat.png)
The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has announced the details of a workshop for Welsh letting agents, taking place in July. The event...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![TDS and mydeposits launch their custodial deposit schemes today](/img/default/lat.png)
Two new custodial services are being launched today by the Tenancy Deposit Scheme and Mydeposits. Custodial systems mean deposit money is held...
01 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Another boost for Fixflo as it links with PRS and mydeposits](/img/default/lat.png)
Repairs software provider Fixflo - which last week entered into a partnership with The Property Ombudsman scheme and The Deposit Protection...
23 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Almost 50 per cent of tenants have property maintenance problems](/img/default/lat.png)
Approaching 50 per cent of private tenants have experienced property maintenance issues with their agents or landlords. The figure comes through research...
01 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Simple discussion 'defuses 30% of tenant complaints' - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Tenancy deposit protection scheme mydeposits says almost a third of its notified disputes between tenants and agents or landlords do not...
12 August 2015
From: Breaking News
![Deposit protection scheme launches online joining system](/img/default/lat.png)
The government-backed tenancy deposit protection scheme mydeposits is allowing letting agents join online in a bid to cut down on paperwork. mydeposits...
29 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![New tenancy deposit rules 'a step in the right direction'](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Sponsored Content
![New tenancy deposit rules 'a step in the right direction'](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![mydeposits and ARLA issue reminders over deposits deadline](/img/default/lat.png)
Landlords could risk facing heavy fines if they fail to protect their tenants’ deposits before an important new deadline on June...