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The chief executive of the Tenancy Deposit Service says the burgeoning number of deposit alternative services may represent good news for...

A council has reported that its Selective Licensing scheme has had only 43% take-up from landlords after two years.  And a report...

A council dominated by a residents association is looking for landlords of three-, four- and five-bedroom houses to sign up to...

Housing has emerged as a key talking point during Labour's first few days in government. This comes at a fractious time for...

The number of tenancies ending in arrears of more than five weeks’ rent has jumped to 17%, a deposit alternative service...

Propertymark has issued a guide to tenants about their rights to have a pet.  A statement from trade body Propertymark says that...

A website is being prepared to assist private renters know where to turn if their landlord or lettings agent fail to...

Nick Woodward, director of lettings at Essential Living, gives insights into why renting may be the best option for many. 1. Responsibility...

A deposit alternative service claims rents have risen an average 46% in the last decade. Zero Deposit claims it’s analysed rental market...

Direct Line is highlighting the importance of residential landlords having their properties inspected regularly, with research revealing 83 per cent of...

The National Residential Landlords Association is meeting with the Department of Education to consider how, if at all, private landlords can...

New research has uncovered what the organisations behind it call “shocking discrimination towards migrant communities” while they try to find places...

A council chief has spoken out in support of landlords who lost money to a “despicable fraudster” who is now in...

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...

The Baroness who leads the Generation Rent campaign is now calling for a Minister for Refugees. Baroness Alicia Kennedy makes the call...

The Tenancy Deposit Service and the National Residential Landlords Association have produced a guide to improving energy efficiency in rented properties. Although...

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

HMRC is targeting residential landlords who it suspects are not declaring their full rental income, warns tax advisory service Kreston Reeves. The...

HMRC is intensifying its efforts to track down landlords with undisclosed income, a financial consultancy claims. Perrys, a firm of chartered accountants,...

Data released by the Tenancy Deposit Service shows that the number of deposits protected has increased across the whole of the...

A study by the Tenancy Deposit Service has identified the main causes of disputes between student tenants and landlords and agents. The...

The Generation Rent group of activists says it has concerns over the broad proposals to allow landlords to charge for additional...

In this guides and tips piece, Kerry Barber, head of Compliance at Goodlord, and Leanne McCarthy, claims facilitator at Goodlord, discuss why this month's...

The Tenancy Deposit Service API has now integrated with Yaris, a cloud-based property management software provider. The integration allows landlords, agents and operators...

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

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

Has there ever been a better time to buy-to-let?  Zoopla just last week revealed that demand and rent prices, especially in city...

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

Purplebricks claims that its failure to comply with tenant deposit legislation last year is now in the past and was merely...

A key judgment from the Court of Appeal, announced today, is reported to have gone in favour of landlords and letting...

ARLA Propertymark has launched a radical programme of reform for the private rental sector - getting in before the government’s own...

Purplebricks is refusing to say how many landlords were affected by its failure to comply with the law requiring tenants’ deposits to...

Substantial numbers of expats who own a buy to let property in the UK are approaching HMRC to admit they have...

More landlords and tenants are opting to solve disputes independently, saving them weeks of waiting and potential stress caused by lengthy...

The first-ever history of Tenancy Deposit legislation, legal challenges and proposed future changes has been published by the House of Commons...

It looks certain that a substantial number of pro-tenant reforms are to be introduced in Northern Ireland in the near future. A...

New figures show that in England and Wales, 69 per cent of disputed deposits are split between the landlord and tenant,...

Activist group Generation Rent are telling tenants to use the slightest documentation error by landlords to avoid eviction. It claims as many...

A landlord has begun legal proceedings against a pressure group after being the victim of a four-month campaign of harassment. Lawyers acting...

An interiors company claims a 10 point guide for private tenants will ensure they get all of their deposit back when...

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

TV star Robert Rinder - best known for his performances under the guise of Judge Rinder - has made an outspoken...

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

A landlord who did not secure the deposit of two students has been ordered to pay them £2,800.  The order was made...

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

Insurance company CIA landlord has prepared a league table of the most and least profitable locations for buy to let landlords. It’s...

The number of overseas landlords admitting tax avoidance has risen 65 per cent in five years according to an accountancy firm. Moore,...

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

Research from a deposit replacement scheme, Ome, suggests the first lockdown was sharply followed by a surge in tenancies - begging...

The leading landlord trade body wants a new and regular study of housing in Wales, to make its politicians better-informed. The National Residential...

London has long been home to the highest rental deposits, but what other regions in England are seeing tenants pay above...

A number of organisations from across the housing sector have teamed up to support landlords and tenants facing rent arrears as...

The government has provided clarification on deposit cap requirements following the end of the transition period on 31 May. For tenancies in...

Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has launched a series of Covid-19 webinars to provide answers to tenancy deposit questions during the existing...

Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has updated its Tenant Fees Matrix, initially introduced in 2019, with a view to simplifying the most...

As we keep being regularly told at the moment, we are living through unprecedented times, with the greatest restrictions on our civil...

Renters facing financial hardship because of the coronavirus crisis are being encouraged to communicate with their landlords after emergency rental measures were...

A new landlord organistaion has become the largest ever trade body in the letting sector after officially launching this morning.   The National...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has launched an FAQ web page for landlords, letting agents and tenants to provide help and...

The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) has published updated guidance to the tenancy deposit protection (TDP) legislation in England and Wales. The information...

The average tenancy deposit paid by tenants in Britain now stands at £1,139, fresh analysis from Ome, part of Hamilton Fraser, shows.   The...

There has been much debate in recent days about deposit-free renting and whether letting agents have been mis-selling deposit alternative products,...

A growing number of companies and letting agents are offering deposit-free options without making it clear they could cost renters more...

Renters across England have made an average saving of £163.08 since tenancy security deposits were capped last year at the equivalent...

Cleaning is often identified as the most common cause of a tenancy deposit dispute in the private rented property sector.  Figures provided...

Despite increased rent prices, the proportion of income spent by tenants on rent decreased between 2016 and 2019, according to The Deposit...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibition, takes place at London ExCeL in April – 3 &...

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

Buy-to-let landlords generally recognise the importance of taking a deposit from a tenant and placing it in a government-backed tenancy deposit...

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

The Queen has announced the new government's priorities for its coming term, and it includes a proposal to abolish Section 21...

More than five months on from the introduction of the tenant fees ban, a number of landlords and agents are still...

Buy-to-let investors can have full confidence in the protection offered to landlords and tenants by flatfair, a fintech scale-up that allows...

Hamilton Fraser has announced the launch of its own in-house deposit alternative brand, Ome.  The new product, which is the latest to...

Boris Johnson launched the Conservative Party manifesto yesterday with a promise to “Get Brexit done”, and although the document was rather...

Despite the political and economic uncertainty, SafeDeposits Scotland has found that the vast majority of landlords north of the border remain...

The Conservatives have pledged to introduce a new scheme to allow tenants to transfer their tenancy deposits when they move homes.  The...

Rental price growth in London is set to rise ahead of wage inflation over the next five years, according to new forecasts...

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

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

A number of landlords are jeopardising their property investments - probably their biggest assets - by failing to comply with basic...

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

More than 2,000 tenants in Scotland appear to have forgotten to claim back their deposits collectively worth in excess of £500,000,...

There was a 73% increase in the number of landlords and letting agents that signed up to the TDS' custodial scheme during 2018-19,...

The Property Investor & Homebuyer Show, one of the UK’s most comprehensive property exhibitions, takes place at London ExCeL today and...

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

Chestertons has become the latest letting agency to sign up to the Zero Deposit guarantee, a tenant’s deposit replacement product that...

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 Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has proposed that tenants should be permitted to transfer a deposit between landlords when moving property.  The...

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...

flatfair, a fintech scale-up allowing tenants to instantly rent a home with no deposit, has raised $11m (£9.1bn) in a funding...

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

Renters who move home regularly often face excessive costs associated with moving, new research shows. The study by MoneySuperMarket reveals that the...

A buy-to-let landlord who failed to pay a tenancy deposit into an approved scheme for four years has proved unsuccessful in...

More than four out of ten tenancy deposits managed by the Deposit Protection Service (DPS) are currently higher than the recently...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) has identified Zero Deposit as the only deposit replacement product worth recommending to its members. The landlord association...

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

Australia is the popular country of residence for overseas Scottish property owners, followed by the USA, new figures show. SafeDeposits Scotland, the...