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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...

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

More needs to be done to help support tenants, especially those facing financial hardship as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic,...

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

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...

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

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

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

Deposit-free renting is growing increasingly popular, with more providers than ever before now providing tenants with a range of nil deposit...

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

There has been a sharp rise in the number of tenancy deposits held across the UK, new figures provided by deposit...

A letting agency in Isleworth, West London, which was recently penalised for a number of offences, has been expelled from The...

The Liberal Democrats once again called for the introduction of mandatory licensing for PRS homes as well as a publicly available...

Close to half of private renters would like to see tenant deposits scrapped and replaced with deposit protection insurance, according to...

Landlords are set to lose out on millions of pounds through a clampdown on rental fees after the government yesterday announced...

Rogue letting agents and landlords have reportedly been convicted of stealing almost £1m worth of tenancy deposits so far this year,...

The tenancy security deposits that tenants leave with landlords or their letting agents should be capped at a maximum of three...

Landlords in Norfolk claim that they are owed thousands in unpaid rent while tenant deposits were left unprotected by a local...

The law has finally caught up with a letting agent who stole £22,000 from clients, including landlords. Peter Bell, now the former...

Tenants in London are now required to pay up to £8,650 just to move into a rented home, it has been...

The government’s proposal to cap tenancy deposits to six weeks’ rent will save many tenants money, given that a number of...

With many landlords and letting agents now demanding tenant deposits equivalent to six weeks, many renters across the country are required...

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...

With almost 5.8 million households expected to be living in private rented accommodation within four years as homeownership and social renting...

As we approach the end of the academic year, you may care to remind any student tenants that you have to...

Following a recent report which claimed that one third of private tenants would not tell their landlord if they did significant...

The majority of tenants are concerned that their deposit has not been placed in a tenancy protection scheme and fear that...

We all know headlines sell newspapers, but a report in yesterday’s Daily Mirror brought shame on a host of letting agents...