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Features
Safe as houses
Tenant deposits used to be pretty straightforward –looking after a pile of cash – but these days there is a lot more to it, as Charlotte Flake explains.
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Russian oligarchs face $95 billion black hole thanks to sanctions
AML expert Martin Cheek, highlights new data revealing oligarchs' losses of $300 million per day since the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
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How time flies – DPS celebrates 15 years of deposit protection
Government-approved scheme reveals it has now protected deposits worth over £7 billion since it started-up in 2007.
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Guest Blogs
Will hybrid working affect long-term renting trends?
The pandemic and its extraordinary impact on where and how tenants live has caused the current stock shortages, DPS boss says.
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Latest rental index reveals some shocking figures
While mostly positive, a quarterly rental index from The Deposit Protection Service shows a staggering quarterly drop in rental values in Southampton.
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Housing Market
Detached homes are the hottest rental properties, report says
Rents on detached homes increased twice as fast as the average for all UK properties during Q3 2021, according to The DPS.
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Features
Tenancy deposits – no cash required?
For so long the message has been ‘take the cash deposit, secure the cash deposit’ but Lisa Isaacs asks if we’re on the cusp of an alternative mainstream approach.
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The Negotiator Awards 2019 Shortlist is announced!
The judging is over and the Shortlist for the UK's most prestigious awards programme for estate and letting agents – and suppliers – is revealed. Look who's on it!
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Features
Essential updates: tenancy deposits
Not so long ago, tenants paid a cash deposit and the agent looked after it until the end of the tenancy. Now it’s ‘all change’, says Lisa Isaacs but which way is best?
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Good news for tenants!
Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according to The Deposit Protection Service (DPS).
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