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Anyone involved in the world of renting, whether landlords, letting agents, or tenants, knows how crucial it is to have a...

What is a property inventory? A property inventory is a detailed document that records the condition of a property and its contents...

Three webinars next week will cover key aspects of deposit disputes between landlords and tenants. They’re organised by the Deposit Protection Service...

With spring in the air, adjudicators at The Deposit Protection Service have revealed some of the interesting and unusual tenancy deposit...

The National Residential Landlords Association and the Tenancy Deposit Scheme have produced what they call a comprehensive spring cleaning guide for...

More than half of disputes about the return of tenancy deposits during the last year resulted from property damage and cleaning...

A study by the Tenancy Deposit Service has found that garden maintenance remains one of the most common reasons behind deposit...

The Deposit Protection Service is hosting two webinars this Spring to help landlords and letting agents reduce the chances of deposit...

Trading Standards has approved a new alternative dispute resolution body for the private rental sector. It’s The Dispute Service Ltd, and it...

Nobody wants to have to end a tenancy with deductions from a tenancy deposit! Here we share our expert tips for landlords to pass...

A lettings agent who also acts on behalf of tenants against landlords claims to have received 1,000 enquiries from frustrated private...

Yet again the issue of cleaning has been identified as the single largest cause of end-of-tenancy disputes leading to deposits being...

Gardens have always been a mixed blessing for landlords - currently they’re popular with tenants but there is the problem of...

Fixflo has another of its webinars coming up in just under a fortnight’s time, at 11am on May 27, with this...

A tenancy deposit service has listed the unexpected items it receives from landlords or tenants during deposit disputes - and it seems...

Newly released data shows precisely what subjects lead to deposit disputes - and a long-standing issue is in the number one...

There’s been a modest increase in deposit protections across England and Wales in the past year. Data from the Tenancy Deposit Service...

A lack of communication when withholding a deposit is the most common cause for deposit disputes between landlords and tenants, according...

When renting a property out, landlords and letting recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant and...

Following on from the success of recent training events in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness, designed to help landlords better manage tenancy deposits...

With 543 disputes having arisen between landlords and tenants in the Glasgow postcode area in the last 12 months, SafeDeposits Scotland,...

Did you know that preparing for a deposit dispute starts at the beginning of a tenancy? When tenants and landlords disagree about...

With 490 disputes having arisen between landlords and tenants in the Edinburgh area in the last 12 months, SafeDeposits Scotland, which...

With the latest research showing that 50 disputes have arisen between landlords and tenants in the Inverness area in the last 12...

The government’s decision to cap tenancy deposits at no more than five weeks’ rent where the annual rent is up to...

Landlords in Scotland are being offered an opportunity to attend new tenancy deposit adjudication workshops designed to offer training in tenancy...

Deposit-free renting will be a subject of discussion on the ‘You and Yours’ consumer affairs programme to be broadcast today on BBC...

Less than 1% of private tenancies in Northern Ireland ended in a dispute over the deposit in the 12 months to...

Just 0.85% of all tenancies ended in a dispute over the tenancy deposit in the 12 months to March 2018, according...

Cleaning has once again been identified as the most common cause of a tenancy deposit dispute in the private rented property...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) remains hopeful that independent inventory reporting will become a compulsory requirement. The AIIC, the UK’s...

Landlords in Norwich are being offered an opportunity to attend a couple of workshops designed to give landlords and property professionals...

InventoryBase has announced that it is supporting the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) in their bid for mandatory inventories for...

When renting out a property, most landlords opt to take a deposit from the tenant before the tenancy starts. The deposit...

The most common cause of a tenancy deposit dispute in the private rented property sector is cleaning, while disputes over rent...

Considerably more must be done to help reduce the number of tenancy deposit disputes, despite the recent improvements recorded in the...

Tenancy deposit disputes are at their highest level since records began in 2007, new figures from the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS)...

Compensation charges at the end of tenancies can be very contentious and as a result, lead to deposit disputes, especially when...

Landlords are increasingly faced with dirty properties at the check-out stage of a tenancy and this has led to cleaning now...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

When renting out a property, most landlords choose to take a deposit from their tenant prior to the tenancy starting. The...

Nearly 20% of renters say that when they hand over their deposit cheque, they never expect to see all the money...

The latest TDS stats show that there has been a steep 25% rise in tenancy deposit disputes, with one-third of agents...

Student tenants are almost twice as likely as other tenants to lose part of their deposit, according to the Deposit Protection...

Tenancy deposit protection scheme mydeposits is to launch in Jersey after the organisation signed contracts with the Jersey Government last week. The...

The UK's landlords must encourage their tenants to attend a check-out at the end of a tenancy. This is the call from...

The UK's landlords must encourage their tenants to attend a check-out at the end of a tenancy. This is the call from...

Recent research from tenancy deposit protection scheme My Deposits has highlighted the importance of good communication between landlords and tenants at...

The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is warning that tenants could lose thousands of pounds due to items that have...