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The Daily Telegraph is reporting that Purplebricks could face a bill of as much as £30m “after it put thousands of landlords...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks is refusing to say how many landlords were affected by its failure to comply with the law requiring tenants’ deposits to...
25 November 2021
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Private and commercial bank Arbuthnot Latham has set out what it considers to be the 10 easy mistakes which some landlords...
22 October 2021
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It might be thought that banks have made significant mistakes of their own in the recent past - including triggering the...
25 February 2021
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Landlords with London properties have a short-term opportunity to list and let them for free - but they’ll have to be...
23 December 2020
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A London lettings agency is offering landlords the opportunity to list and let properties for free this month. The offer comes from...
11 December 2020
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More needs to be done to help support tenants, especially those facing financial hardship as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic,...
17 September 2020
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Renters across England have made an average saving of £163.08 since tenancy security deposits were capped last year at the equivalent...
05 February 2020
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A lack of communication when withholding a deposit is the most common cause for deposit disputes between landlords and tenants, according...
10 January 2020
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Buy-to-let landlords generally recognise the importance of taking a deposit from a tenant and placing it in a government-backed tenancy deposit...
06 January 2020
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When renting a property out, landlords and letting recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant and...
30 December 2019
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With the latest research showing that 50 disputes have arisen between landlords and tenants in the Inverness area in the last 12...
20 September 2019
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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has proposed that tenants should be permitted to transfer a deposit between landlords when moving property. The...
12 September 2019
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Buy-to-let landlords in Scotland are being urged to ensure that they protect tenancy deposits and seek legal advice if they are...
15 July 2019
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When renting a property out, landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant and place it...
28 May 2019
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Deposit-free renting will be a subject of discussion on the ‘You and Yours’ consumer affairs programme to be broadcast today on BBC...
31 January 2019
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Deposit-free renting is growing increasingly popular, with more providers than ever before now providing tenants with a range of nil deposit...
04 January 2019
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Less than 1% of private tenancies in Northern Ireland ended in a dispute over the deposit in the 12 months to...
19 December 2018
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There has been a sharp rise in the number of tenancy deposits held across the UK, new figures provided by deposit...
10 December 2018
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Tenant deposit protection scheme, TDS, will be hosting a half-day workshop in London in February, designed to give landlords and property...
23 November 2018
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A letting agency in Isleworth, West London, which was recently penalised for a number of offences, has been expelled from The...
21 September 2018
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The Liberal Democrats once again called for the introduction of mandatory licensing for PRS homes as well as a publicly available...
19 September 2018
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Close to half of private renters would like to see tenant deposits scrapped and replaced with deposit protection insurance, according to...
19 September 2018
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Landlords are set to lose out on millions of pounds through a clampdown on rental fees after the government yesterday announced...
06 September 2018
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A briefing paper on tenancy deposit schemes has been published by the House of Commons ahead of the Report Stage and...
04 September 2018
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The chief executive officer of mydeposits, Eddie Hooker, has defended the current system of deposit protection schemes following criticisms from Which?. The consumer group...
14 August 2018
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The existing tenant deposit system is “broken” and in desperate need of reform after a new report revealed that one in...
13 August 2018
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Rogue letting agents and landlords have reportedly been convicted of stealing almost £1m worth of tenancy deposits so far this year,...
17 July 2018
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The tenancy security deposits that tenants leave with landlords or their letting agents should be capped at a maximum of three...
19 June 2018
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Landlords in Norfolk claim that they are owed thousands in unpaid rent while tenant deposits were left unprotected by a local...
18 June 2018
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The law has finally caught up with a letting agent who stole £22,000 from clients, including landlords. Peter Bell, now the former...
11 April 2018
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Tenants in London are now required to pay up to £8,650 just to move into a rented home, it has been...
20 March 2018
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The government’s proposal to cap tenancy deposits to six weeks’ rent will save many tenants money, given that a number of...
15 November 2017
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With many landlords and letting agents now demanding tenant deposits equivalent to six weeks, many renters across the country are required...
03 October 2017
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With personal debt burden continuing to rise, anti-deposit campaigner Ajay Jagota of Dlighted has once again called for tenant deposits to be scrapped. The...
26 September 2017
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With almost 5.8 million households expected to be living in private rented accommodation within four years as homeownership and social renting...
05 July 2017
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As we approach the end of the academic year, you may care to remind any student tenants that you have to...
17 May 2017
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Following a recent report which claimed that one third of private tenants would not tell their landlord if they did significant...
03 May 2017
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The most common cause of a tenancy deposit dispute in the private rented property sector is cleaning, while disputes over rent...
30 March 2017
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Landlords are increasingly faced with dirty properties at the check-out stage of a tenancy and this has led to cleaning now...
30 August 2016
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The majority of tenants are concerned that their deposit has not been placed in a tenancy protection scheme and fear that...
24 August 2016
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We all know headlines sell newspapers, but a report in yesterday’s Daily Mirror brought shame on a host of letting agents...