Category: Deposits

January 22nd 2016

More than 6,000 tenancy deposit dispute cases withdrawn before arbitration

Original Author: Rosalind Renshaw Over 6,000 tenancy deposit disputes were filed with schemes and then withdrawn last

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October 23rd 2015

Half of all private tenants cannot afford to save anything at all for a deposit

Half of private tenants in England who want to buy a home cannot save any money towards

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September 3rd 2015

Agent who hung on to tenants’ deposits has Proceeds of Crime hearing delayed

A proceeds of crime hearing following the jailing of a letting agent has been postponed until next

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July 3rd 2015

Labour MP in row with letting agent over deposit

A Labour MP was hauled up before the parliamentary expenses body after hitting a credit card problem

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June 23rd 2015

New tenancy deposit rules a step in the right direction

New tenancy deposit rules come into effect today have been given the thumbs-up by The Association of

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June 16th 2015

Deposit protection deadline just one week from today

The Deposit Protection Service is reminding letting agents and landlords that they have to act with extreme

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June 5th 2015

Time is running out to protect deposits, says TDS

Landlords and letting agents have been issued a reminder that they have less then three weeks to

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November 13th 2014

The average tenancy deposit now stands at £1,210

The average tenancy deposit now stands at £1,210 which is up £121 or 11.1 per cent in

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October 22nd 2014

Landlords should not seek new for old from deposits

Landlords and agents are unreasonably pushing for ‘betterment’ or ‘new for old’ at the end of tenancies

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July 10th 2014

Tiny proportion of tenancies end in deposit dispute

Figures produced by one of the country’s three rental deposit schemes shows that only a tiny number

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