Lisa Isaacs looks at the latest developments and thinking around the most troublesome and time-consuming aspects of lettings – tenant deposits and inventories.

Trade group boss Iain McKenzie says new offering will widen the potential pool of tenants who can afford the rent but may not have a deposit to hand.

TDS says the complications of lodging and administering tenants' deposits in a custodial scheme continue to worry agents.

Deposits firm Flatfair says its new Resolve product will help both sides negotiate instead of ending up in court.

Andre Montaut falsified documents sent to MyDeposits about Barrington Properties' supposedly ring-fenced account.

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…

James Brokenshire wants to know what letting agents think of deposit passporting services and deposit alternative schemes, and how deposits could be returned to tenants more quickly.

Finding a deposit to buy a home is beyond the reach of many young people, but, says Andrea Kirkby, finding a deposit on top of the first month’s rent is also tough…