A Government drive to prevent rogue landlords wrongfully withholding tenants' deposits is showing early signs of success, according to figures published for the first time today. Tens of thousands of ...

At the insistence of their insurers, The Tenancy Deposit Scheme will only provide deposit protection and alternative dispute resolution to letting agents who are members of recognised professional ...

Landlords often find themselves resolving disputes that could have been avoided with better documentation, communication, or clarity. One of the most common issues is disagreements over tenancy ...

Opportunities only exist in the buy-to-let sector because there is a demand for rental properties from tenants, be they young professionals looking for places in a city near their work, families ...

One in four renters struggles to get their full deposit back at the end of a tenancy, according to new research. Almost a quarter of the 1,000 private tenants surveyed – 23 per cent – said they had ...

Who hasn’t had a landlord withhold all or part of your security deposit for a very annoying reason? One Redditor posted their frustrations over a dispute about leaves in the garden. Some landlords ...

Security deposits are a fundamental landlord protection under leases with the expectation of tenants that the deposits will be returned upon the expiration of the lease. While landlords frequently ...

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