tenancy deposits
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Features
De-stressing deposits
Lisa Isaacs looks at the latest developments and thinking around the most troublesome and time-consuming aspects of lettings – tenant deposits and inventories.
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Guild says new Zero Deposit service will boost demand for members
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.
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Letting agents ask for more help with deposits compliance
TDS says the complications of lodging and administering tenants' deposits in a custodial scheme continue to worry agents.
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Free Coronavirus rent payment plan tool launched for landlords and tenants
Deposits firm Flatfair says its new Resolve product will help both sides negotiate instead of ending up in court.
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Crime
Former letting agent jailed after failing to protect rental deposits
Andre Montaut falsified documents sent to MyDeposits about Barrington Properties' supposedly ring-fenced account.
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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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How long should tenant deposits take to return? Minister asks for your views
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.
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Features
Dawn of a new kind of tenant deposit
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 for many - something that the new generation of deposit replacement schemes hope to address.
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haart returns £20m of tenancy deposits
haart, one of the UK’s largest estate agency groups, is partnering with the tenancy deposit alternative, flatfair, embarking on a campaign that could result in the return of more than £20 million of deposit money to haart tenants.
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Features
The zero option
A raft of new products aims to replace tenancy deposits, Andrea Kirkby reviews the current offerings and where it may all end.
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