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 ...

Deposits have traditionally been used by landlords to remind tenants of their obligations and most residential landlords use them. Contractually based, the system has worked reasonably well since ...

Government-approved scheme will no longer provide protection for unregulated agents Tens of thousands of residential tenants risk losing their deposits on their homes after a government-authorised ...

James Driscoll outlines the new tenancy deposit schemes for assured shorthold tenancies and how they could affect landlords and tenants A new statutory Scheme for the protection of deposits came into ...

More landlords than ever are obeying tenancy deposit legislation, as latest figures from The Deposit Protection Service (DPS) show it is holding more than 500,000 tenants’ deposits. The latest figures ...