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10 May 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
![Failure! Annual rent rise in double figures despite rent controls](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private sector have risen by double digits for the fourth quarter in a...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Epic Fail - rents go UP in Scotland, despite government rent controls](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/New%20Rental%20Index-400x310.png)
Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the third time...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![So Much For Rent Controls - figures show increases, not falls](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentOnlineSearch-400x310.png)
Property portal Citylets says average rents in Scotland rose 12.4 per cent in the past year to £1,007 per month -...
27 April 2023
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
![Rising demand from family renters boosts market north of the border](/img/default/lat.png)
The Scottish private lettings sector is on the march again with the latest index suggesting a 2.2 per cent annual rise,...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Business as usual after tenancy change in Scottish lettings sector](/img/default/lat.png)
CityLets, Scotland’s largest online lettings listings service, says it’s business as usual for the market north of the border despite a...
01 August 2018
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
![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
![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
![Watchdog praises letting agent for amending advert after complaint](/img/default/lat.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority has praised a letting agency after it agreed to amend an advertisement following a complaint - meaning...