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![Energy Performance Certificates slammed as “inaccurate”](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuyRent-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-3-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/shutterstock_1338355010.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/ToLetBoard-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Help%20to%20buy%20equity%20loan.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_327904043.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-2-400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/MergerAcquisition-1-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Locations/London.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyTransaction-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Back-link-images/hand%20shake%202.jpg)
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](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/360x280%20mio%20Digitisation_1500.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Logos/LinleySimpson-2019-Logo-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/SunsetImage-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
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](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyChain-1-400x310.jpg)
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](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BTL400x310.png)
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](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineProperty-8-400x310.jpg)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let league table reveals where demand is strongest](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
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](/img/default/lat.png)
Who are you? Michael Groves, Partner of Lomond Capital which is focused on bringing together good quality regional letting and estate...