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Letting agencies facing £60,000 hit as ‘meaningful vote’ on Tenant Fee Ban passes

January 16, 2019No Commentsdeposit free renting, deposit protection insurance, tenant fee ban, zero depositjohn hart

English letting agencies stand to lose over £60,000 each after the Tenant Fee Ban was finally passed following a ‘meaningful vote’ in Parliament.

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Stolen deposit total passes £1,000,000 for third year in a row

December 19, 2018No Commentsdeposit fraud, deposit free renting, deposit protection scheme, deposit replacement insurance, deposit theft, tenancy deposit, zero depositjohn hart

Dlighted’s stolen deposit totaliser, keeping track of the amount of renter’s cash crooked landlords and letting agents have been convicted or accused of raiding from tenancy deposits, has passed £1,000,000 for the third successive year.

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Warning for landlords and letting agents – rent arrears and evictions double under Universal Credit

November 19, 2018No Commentsdeposit dispute, deposit free renting, deposit protection scheme, tenancy deposit insurance, universal credit, zero depositjohn hart

The rollout of Universal Credit – the government’s flagship benefits reforms – have seen evictions and rent arrears DOUBLE – meaning more headaches for landlords and letting agents.

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£1.2bn of tenancy deposits could be “at risk”

October 29, 2018No Commentsdeposit dispute, deposit free renting, deposit protection scheme, dps, tenancy deposit scheme, zero depositjohn hart

1,500,000 renters could be at risk of losing their deposits after research revealed a third believe their bond has never been placed in a deposit protection scheme.

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Enormous public support for deposit free renting revealed

September 17, 2018No Commentsdeposit dispute, deposit free renting, deposit protection scheme, dps, tds, zero depositjohn hart

A major study has revealed that half of renters want deposits ditched and replaced with low-cost insurance policies – as a both a leading think tank and the consumer group Which? call for the government to reform rental deposits.

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£1,000,000 of renter’s cash stolen by crooked agents already in 2018 as deposit theft figures continue to soar

July 14, 2018No Commentsdeposit free renting, deposit replacement insurance, deposit theft, rent guarantee, zero depositjohn hart

Crooked landlords and letting agents have already been convicted of illegally pocketing over £900,000 of tenant’s cash in deposit theft in 2018 – with half the year still to come.

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Yet another letting agency goes under owing landlords and tenants thousands in deposits

June 22, 2018No Commentsdeposit dispute, deposit free renting, deposit protection insurance, deposit protection scheme, dps, mydeposits, no deposit renting, tds, zero depositjohn hart

The collapse of yet another letting agency has left landlords and tenants owed thousands of pounds in deposits which seem to have never been place in deposit protection schemes. The eHomes letting agency in Swaffham Norfolk has suddenly shut up…

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Deposits could be capped at three weeks’ rent if Labour comes to power – or sooner!

June 18, 2018No Commentsdeposit dispute, deposit free renting, deposit protection scheme, deposit replacement insurance, dps, mydeposits, no deposit renting, tds, tenant fee ban, tenant fees bill, zero depositjohn hart

The deposit cap -the maximum amount landlords are allowed to take in tenancy deposits – could be set at just three weeks’ rent under new plans announced by the Labour Party.

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Landlords and letting agents losing out on £731m of rent A YEAR– as government spends £1bn on emergency accommodation

June 11, 2018No Commentsdeposit free renting, deposit replacement insurance, zero depositjohn hart

Landlords and letting agents could be losing out on £61m to unrented homes EVERY MONTH by pricing potential renters out of their properties – while the government spends £1bn keeping them in temporary accommodation.

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35% in rise in the number of complaints against letting agents

May 24, 2018No Commentsdeposit dispute, deposit free renting, deposit protection scheme, deposit replacement insurance, dps, mydeposits, tds, zero depositjohn hart

Trade body figures suggest that the number of complaints being made against letting agents is continuing to rocket – rising 35% in the last 12 months – with legal costs facing letting agents and landlords also growing.

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