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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 updated its Tenant Fees Matrix, initially introduced in 2019, with a view to simplifying the most...

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

Carter Jonas, Marsh & Parsons and James Pendleton have become the latest letting agents to sign up to the Zero Deposit guarantee,...

If the private rental sector and sharing economy is to continue to thrive, regular engagement with your tenants is required to...

The majority of letting agents in England have experienced lost revenue from the tenant fees ban. A survey of agents by letting platform...

Is the UK on the brink of a mass landlord exodus? It may seem like an ominous question, but ask people...

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

Leading rent protection firms Barbon Insurance Group, trading as HomeLet and Rentshield Direct, and Let Alliance have today joined forces and...

There was a marginal drop in the number of tenants experiencing rent increases in September but they remained high overall, ARLA...

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises hit yet another record high in August, the latest ARLA Propertymark PRS report shows. The...

Letting agents are being urged to do more to raise consumer awareness about rogue operators in the industry by demonstrating their...

Council officers from Brent and Harrow Trading Standards have pledged to clampdown on unscrupulous letting agents in the London boroughs of...

With new figures showing that almost half of letting agents do not comply with the law, London Trading Standards (LTS) has...

A growing number of buy-to-let landlords are charging what has been described as a ‘pet rent’ of up to £50 a...

With just a few days until the Welsh tenant fee ban is introduced, landlords in Wales are being urged to adapt...

The number of tenants experiencing rent rises hit the highest level on record in July, according to ARLA Propertymark’s latest PRS...

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

Sajid Javid has dismissed a report in the Times over the weekend that claimed he planned to make property sellers rather than...

The letting industry needs to do more to reduce moving stress for tenants and landlords by increasing awareness of some of...

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

There has been a sharp rise in the number of tenants experiencing rent rises following the introduction of the tenant fees...

Introducing a ‘rogue landlords’ database without better enforcement would be a pointless exercise, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). A rogue...

There has been an ‘unprecedented’ drop in the cost of fixed rate buy-to-let mortgages, according to the latest research from Property...

Landlords now face the prospect of two unsuccessful tenant applications on average for every successful one, resulting in an increase in...

The government’s decision to ban tenant fees is clearly designed to shift the costs to landlords, according to Property Personnel. The estate...

With some analysts predicting that buy-to-let landlords are about to flood the market with properties for sale, investors are being urged...

There has been a significant increase in the number of buy-to-let landlords offloading properties ahead of the introduction of the tenant...

From tomorrow, it will be illegal for tenants in England to be charged letting fees, with deposits capped at five weeks’...

The next few months are likely to be challenging for letting agents as they adjust to an outright ban on letting...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019, banning landlords and agents from charging fees to tenants, will come into effect on Saturday in...

The Tenant Fees Act, better known simply as the tenant fees ban, is coming into force from June 1 2019. It...

Rents in London look set to rise sharply over the next few months, as the supply of rental accommodation dwindles while...

The ban on fees charged by landlords and letting agents in Wales will be introduced in September, after it received Royal...

Landlords and letting agents are being urged to prepare for a significant increase in tenant activity from the start of next...

The National Landlords Association (NLA) is trying to help buy-to-let investors prepare for the ban on tenant fees by introducing a...

New guidance for landlords and letting agents has been released by the government. The Tenant Fees Act 2019, which applies to England...

UK rents have started to increase at a rate not seen in the market for more than two years, fresh figures...

Another tenancy deposit replacement insurance scheme has been launched – this time by Goodlord. The property technology firm is offering the deposit...

It is good practice to have a detailed and accurate inventory completed at the start of the tenancy, and again when...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases in January rose for the first time since September 2018, according to ARLA Propertymark’s...