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The Competitioin and Markets Authority is to probe five activities involving letting agents and landlords and their responsibilities to private tenants. Sarah...

A survey of nearly 700 letting agents from across England has revealed that the abolition of Section 21 continues to be...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in to investigate allegations about advertising for shared ownership homes.  In 2021 an advertisement appeared on...

The government has released new forms for secure and assured tenancies - and agents who fail to use them risk having...

There have been more Coronavirus-inspired changes to lettings regulations in Scotland. Firstly the Scottish Government has passed the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment...

The Guild of Property Professionals has received confirmation that the government’s proposed changes to Section 21 will not be retrospective. “What this...

The government has been accused of not helping thousands of landlords who may have inadvertently granted assured tenancies instead of the...

CityLets, Scotland’s largest online lettings listings service, says it’s business as usual for the market north of the border despite a...

The major legislative changes introduced in Scotland’s letting sector are a major turning point but should not be feared, says one...

One of Scotland’s leading lettings and estate agencies, Galbraith, has given the thumbs up to a new tenancy process introduced north...

The government has updated online nine key prescribed forms for use in most private rental sector assured tenancies.  On its website it...