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KEYWORD "Aberdeen" - 65 RESULTS
Hands Off Short Lets - long term empty homes are bigger problem

The embattled short let and holiday let industry has hit out at what it calls the “rampant hypocrisy” of councils when...

27 June 2024

From: Breaking News

Energy Performance Certificates slammed as “inaccurate”

Energy Performance Certificates can be riddled with inaccuracies and give unhelpful advice to property owners. That’s the view of consumer service Which? Which?...

18 June 2024

From: Breaking News

For Sale! Agency with 42,500 units under management

It's reported that the Lomond estate agency group, which is heavily backed by private equity and which has expanded through serial...

07 May 2024

From: Breaking News

Cheaper to buy than rent in every major British city - Rightmove

Rightmove says it’s now cheaper to buy than rent in each of Great Britain’s biggest cities, highlighting why many determined first-time...

24 April 2024

From: Breaking News

Bank aims to support building of new rental homes

NatWest Group has announced a new package of what it calls ”targeted lending and support” to help local councils provide more...

27 March 2024

From: Breaking News

Double digit annual rent inflation for five quarters in a row

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

19 January 2024

From: Breaking News

Two more lettings book acquisitions for fast-growing Lomond

The fast-growing Lomond Group has announced two lettings book acquisitions in the central belt of Scotland.  Lomond, which has made nearly 50...

22 November 2023

From: Breaking News

Major agency rebrand as rental demand predicted to boom

One prominent part of the Lomond agency empire is rebranding to fall in line with a larger higher-profile brand under the...

30 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Revealed - the best yields for investors near universities

Landlords wanting to make a healthy return from their investment should target student properties in the North of England and Scotland,...

11 October 2023

From: Breaking News

Takeover creates massive property management firm ambitious to grow

Strathspey Capital is to become Scotland’s largest factoring business after acquiring Glasgow-based Speirs Gumley. Factoring is the term commonly used in Scotland...

26 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Room rents increasingly unaffordable, claims new research

An insurance firm claims two thirds of people’s typical budgets are too low to afford the average UK rent of £634...

09 June 2023

From: Breaking News

Buyer announced for part of Purplebricks lettings portfolio

A buyer has been announced for part of the lettings portfolio of Purplebricks, it has been announced today. The deal, finalised for...

26 May 2023

From: Breaking News

Agency network to reveal hitherto-unseen market information

Fast-growing agency network Lomond is launching its own national and regional market information - and it claims it’s using data rarely...

19 April 2023

From: Breaking News

Two more independents acquired by Lomond Group brand

The Lomond Group has strengthened its position in Scotland by acquiring two more independent agencies and adding some 600 properties to...

11 November 2022

From: Breaking News

Another independent agency’s lettings book bought by chain giants

The acquisition machine that is the Lomond Group has snapped up the lettings book of another independent agency. Lomond has taken over...

22 September 2022

From: Breaking News

Buyer of online lettings agency shifts customers to High Street branches

The fast-growing Lomond Group of agencies has acquired a major online lettings service. But it's going to manage the properties through physical...

10 August 2022

From: Breaking News

Lomond Group agency snaps up independent’s lettings book

A prominent brand in the Lomond Group - Linley & Simpson - has expanded its portfolio by over 600 properties in...

27 July 2022

From: Breaking News

Another independent agency falls to fast-growing Lomond Group

The fast-growing Lomond Group has consolidated its market dominance in Scotland by snapping up another independent. Lomond’s Stonehouse brand, which operates throughout Aberdeenshire,...

15 June 2022

From: Breaking News

Flatshare website expert sets up Build To Rent portal

The man behind the Ideal Flatmate rental platform has now set up a Build To Rent portal called Your Place. All properties...

31 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Yet another independent falls to Lomond Group ambitions

A leading brand in the fast-growing and heavily-funded Lomond Group has snapped up another independent agency.  Linley & Simpson has added another...

27 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Back Of The Net! Lettings agency in deal with top football club

Part of the fast-growing Lomond Group of lettings agencies has signed a new partnership deal with a major football club. Stonehouse in...

19 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Giant lettings group signs major training deal with Propertymark

Many of the country’s leading letting agency brands have joined forces with Propertymark to deliver a training and development strategy for...

19 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Urban living back in fashion as agents report demand soaring

The appeal of city living has been reignited across Scotland with new figures showing a surge in demand and rents for...

13 May 2022

From: Breaking News

Stats show stock drought across UK’s private rental market

Rental market stock levels have plummeted further - even to below the pre-pandemic levels of late 2019. New research shows that in...

11 March 2022

From: Breaking News

Residential wing of commercial firm snapped up by growing agency

Large scale Scottish factoring operation James Gibb Residential Factors has acquired the residential division of Aberdeen-based commercial property consultancy FG Burnett. The...

08 November 2021

From: Breaking News

More buy to lets being sold despite rental market strength - data

More buy to let properties are being put on the sales market, despite the strength in the lettings sector, says Zoopla. In...

30 September 2021

From: Breaking News

Multi-brand agency group signs up with PropTech company

Lomond Group has partnered with PropTech player Goodlord to provide IT services across the group's brands, which include Braemore, Stonehouse, Linley...

24 August 2021

From: Breaking News

‘Greenest areas to rent’ identified in latest survey

If agents want to emphasise the green credentials of their local area, then a new league table may be of help. An...

22 June 2021

From: Breaking News

New national agency acquires 10 independents agencies in three months

Linley & Simpson and Lomond Capital - which joined forces at the end of 2020 to create a new national agency...

19 April 2021

From: Breaking News

Another acquisition adds to fast-growing agency chain’s portfolio

The lettings book of one of the UK’s oldest property and law companies has been snapped up by a firm in the...

25 March 2021

From: Breaking News

New lettings agency giant created with £100m private equity cash

Lomond Capital, which owns Scottish lettings and estate agents Braemore and Stonehouse, is to merge with Yorkshire firm Linley & Simpson. The...

05 January 2021

From: Breaking News

Revealed - where rental demand is strongest across the UK

A rental demand league table produced by a lettings management platform shows the winners and losers across the UK - and...

02 October 2020

From: Breaking News

Agents Beware: Hackers list fake flats on portals with agency branding

A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...

13 August 2020

From: Breaking News

Rob Trotter, Associate Director at apropos

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My Name is Rob Trotter. I’m married to a vet,...

22 June 2020

From: 60 Second Interview

London locations flop in league table of good buy to let returns

An analysis of buy to let returns from mortgage lender Mojo has produced a league table with no London locations in...

04 June 2020

From: Breaking News

Supply surge - new listings soar following market relaunch

The number of new rental listings reaching the market has soared as much as 44 per cent in some areas following...

20 May 2020

From: Breaking News

Cities of southern England enjoy large pre-virus rent rises

The average rent for a newly let property rose 3.3 per cent in the year to the end of February -...

23 March 2020

From: Breaking News

Buy To Let league table reveals where demand is strongest

A rental management platform has compiled a league table of where tenant demand is strongest for homes to let - and...

14 January 2020

From: Breaking News

Agency that launched in 2017 in £250,000 deal to acquire independent

A lettings agency that launched just two years ago has snapped up an independent firm in the same city in a...

15 November 2019

From: Breaking News

Call for open-ended renting with reduced rent for long-term tenancies

There should be open-ended tenancies with reduced rent for long-term contracts and any rent increase tied only to inflation. This dramatic reform...

21 August 2019

From: Breaking News

Revealed: best university towns for rents and yields

A flat-sharing website has created a league table of average rents in locations surrounding the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom....

09 August 2019

From: Breaking News

From assistant to branch owner - the latest Belvoir acquisition

The latest owner of a Belvoir franchise is a 31-year-old former part-time assistant at the company, who rose to office manager...

01 July 2019

From: Breaking News

Room rental data shows small rises across most UK regions

New data looking specifically at room rental rates suggest that across the UK rents rose by an average three per cent...

03 May 2019

From: Breaking News

Agent admits conning clients to pay money into personal bank account

A former employee of Martin & Co has admitted operating a fraud scheme that involved agency clients paying money into his...

26 April 2019

From: Breaking News

Brexit or not, London is dearest Europe rental location for expats

Rent in London is the most expensive in Europe for expats, new research shows. The UK capital’s rent averages US$7,189 - that’s...

15 March 2019

From: Breaking News

New agents targeted for deposits training in Scotland

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

06 March 2019

From: Breaking News

PropTech platform allows Build To Rent units to be short-let during voids

A software platform has been launched which allows Build To Rent units to be short-let on the likes of Airbnb during...

23 January 2019

From: Breaking News

Revealed - the UK’s fastest-growing rents in 2018

Edinburgh has been identified as having the UK’s fastest growing rents with the average annual sum rising by 4.63 per cent...

27 December 2018

From: Breaking News

Agency appointed to manage new Build To Rent scheme

JLL has been appointed by Aberdeen Standard Investments to manage Aireside, a Build To Rent scheme of 107 apartments in Leeds. The...

20 December 2018

From: Breaking News

Rental growth slows - but 10 areas identified as bucking the trend

Rents in the UK, excluding London, are still increasing but at their slowest rate for five years. Figures from specialist lender Landbay...

06 August 2018

From: Breaking News

Agency chief says Build To Rent could help solve housing crisis

A respected letting agency research head says Build To Rent could be a significant step towards solving the overall shortage of...

08 September 2017

From: Breaking News

Lomond Capital on the lettings acquisition trail once again

A company owned by Lomond Capital has snapped up a Scottish lettings operation with an asset value of £45m.   Lomond owns Stonehouse...

21 August 2017

From: Breaking News

Build To Rent on the march in major Scottish cities

Purpose-built and professionally-managed Build To Rent - until now seen as a primarily London phenomenon - appears on the march in Scotland...

12 July 2017

From: Breaking News

Scottish rental market shows Aberdeen about to slip below Glasgow

Scotland’s rental market swings to extremes, suggests the latest figures from website Citylets.   On the one hand the Scottish average rent has...

25 April 2017

From: Breaking News

Average rents north of the border suffer unexpected dip

Average private rents in Scotland at the national level recorded an uncharacteristic dip in the final quarter of 2016, down 0.9...

19 January 2017

From: Breaking News

Large regional differences in UK's rental market performance

The average rent for a UK property grew by a negligible 0.05 per cent in October, despite a tiny fall in...

04 November 2016

From: Breaking News

It had to happen - flat to let is marketed as Pokemon Go hotspot

Location, location, location takes on a whole other meaning in the world of Pokemon Go - as landlord Eric Milne understands...

11 August 2016

From: Breaking News

English and Welsh deposits typically £100 bigger than Scottish equivalent

Tenancy deposits in England and Wales are typically £100 dearer than the Scottish equivalent.  Between June 2015 and May 2016, the average...

15 June 2016

From: Breaking News

Renters have 18-month average tenancies - but void periods can be lengthy

Tenants spend an average of 18 months in a rented property before moving on, according to new research by insurer Direct...

13 May 2016

From: Breaking News

Average rents at an all-time high across Scotland according to Citylets

Average asking rents in Scotland now stand at £767 per month, up 2.1 per cent over the past year.  The exception to...

21 April 2016

From: Breaking News

Rents ease in Scotland - just as rent caps are considered by lawmakers

Typical rents in Scotland are down from £757 per month to £747 according to Citylets - just as the Private Housing...

22 January 2016

From: Breaking News

Ex-housing minister says stamp duty hike will boost Build To Rent

Former Conservative housing minister Mark Prisk says the recent clampdowns on the traditional buy to let sector may end up helping...

04 December 2015

From: Breaking News

Some city rents tumble ahead of details of proposed rent controls

With perhaps ironic timing, rents across some parts of Scotland are falling - just as the Scottish Government prepares to outline...

07 October 2015

From: Breaking News

Michael Groves, Lomond Capital

Who are you?     Michael Groves, Partner of Lomond Capital which is focused on bringing together good quality regional letting and estate...

17 September 2015

From: 60 Second Interview

Pioneering regional Build To Let gets the go-ahead

A Build To Let scheme led by developer Dandara and property investment operator LaSalle is to be the first of its...

14 July 2015

From: Breaking News

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