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There’s more evidence today that cleaning remains the largest cause of disputes between agents and tenants. Data released by The Dispute Service...

A Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...

Letting agents are to be offered free training in managing tenancy deposits and disputes if they operate in Edinburgh. In the last...

An analysis of rental properties in Scotland to discover the most numerous overseas landlords has discovered, perhaps surprisingly, that they come...

In the past 18 months more than 200 landlords from across Scotland have been found to be in breach of a...

Two housing organisations have come together to fund a major research programme to improve standards in the private rental sector. They are...

Not-for-profit operator Tenancy Deposit Scheme says early intervention between landlords and tenants across the UK is resulting in many more deposit...

A Scottish mediation company and the SafeDeposits Scotland Trust are to create eight workshops aiming to improve relationships between agents, landlords,...

A programme of nine new educational workshops takes place next month, some of which target new agents with little or no experience of deposits...

Disrepair in communal areas of private blocks is to be tackled in a new series of seminars for letting agents and...

Deposit protection provider The Dispute Service says it has seen a big rise in the number of deposits it protects in...

An online toolkit for tenants on how to best navigate the rental system has been launched by Shelter Scotland with funding...

Who are you? Rebecca Johnston What does it say on your business card? Managing Director (TDS Custodial) What is TDS Custodial? TDS Custodial is a government-approved...

As the end of the academic year approaches, one deposit protection scheme is urging student tenants to reclaim their deposits.  SafeDeposits Scotland...

A tenant has been tracked down after a year-long exercise and has now picked up the deposit he forgot to collect...

Letting agents and landlords across Scotland have been invited to check they are up to speed with current regulations at a...

SafeDeposits Scotland has announced that Ian Potter will succeed Sir Andrew Cubie as the organisation's chairman. Potter, who has been on the...

A lettings agency has become the first in Scotland to be sanctioned for breaching rules that secure the deposits of its...

Who are you? Jen Paice What does it say on your business card? Chief executive of SafeDeposits Scotland What does SafeDeposits Scotland do? We are...