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Any Deposit Must Be Protected in a Legitimate Scheme
Buy to let investors need to be conscious of abiding by the law and placing their tenant’s deposit into a government-backed tenancy deposit protection scheme…
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Bristol Council to Impose Fines for Poor Landlord Behaviour
Buy to let investors in Bristol could soon face fines of up to £30,000 for letting dirty or substandard properties to tenants. Bristol City Council…
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Deposits versus Reposits: what’s the current deposit system and why does it need changing?
With the tenant fee ban approaching, letting agents across the UK are looking for ways to reduce costs. Yesterday in Property Industry Eye, The Deposit…
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Broken Furniture Most Common Cause for Withholding Deposits
Broken furniture was found to be the most common reason for landlords deducting money from the tenant’s deposit at the end of the tenancy period,…
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Tenancy Deposit Protection Bites – Or Does It
When the Tenancy Deposit Protection legislation came into force in April 2007, dire penalties were promised where landlords or agents did not protect cash deposits…
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Aberdeen Tenants Best at Protecting Decor in Rental Properties
Aberdeen tenants are the best in Scotland at looking after rental properties, with just 1.92 per cent of deductions made for redecoration in the region….
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Low Mortgage Rates for Investors with a High Deposit
Buy to let mortgage rates are falling for landlords and property investors who are able to front a large deposit, with promising deals for those…
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Deposit Disputes Rising
The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) have revealed that in the year between March 2015 and March 2016, the three deposit protection schemes,…
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Ensure Your Tenancy Agreement Is Watertight
When asked if their tenancy agreement says what they want it to say most landlords would confidently say ‘yes it does’, particularly if obtained from…
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Taking Disabled Tenants
Most people that had any knowledge of disabled people and the way historically they have been treated, must applaud that now even severe disability does…