In plain English
This status means a prospective tenant has paid a holding deposit and the landlord or agent has accepted it. From that point, the property is being held and is not being offered as available to rent.
In context
Here, “deposit taken” communicates that the listing is being held because a landlord or agent has accepted a holding deposit from a prospective tenant, so it is not being offered as available to rent.
- Situation
- Browsing rental listings, arranging viewings, applying, and reading availability
- What it communicates
- marks a listing as held after a deposit step
Meaning limits
By itself, this term does not establish that a tenancy has been agreed or completed.
Examples
“The studio is deposit taken after the agent accepted a holding deposit from a prospective tenant, so it is off the rental market even though the tenancy has not been signed yet.”
“With the flat now deposit taken, the landlord cancelled Saturday's viewings.”