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Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...

A prominent lettings agent has come out in favour of the eviction ban extension - but he wants government cash help...

A property management firm says there’s been a big surge in rentals with the majority of deals being completed using virtual...

A senior lettings expert with almost four decades experience says evictions should not be considered during the virus crisis, irrespective of the...

One of the country’s largest lettings agencies is to lose 17 jobs out of 100 in what the company founder calls...

A third of all landlords live in Greater London and the South East according to data collated by a property management...

A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...

There’s still life in the buy to let market despite the regulatory and financial changes in recent years according to a...

High-profile property management firm DJ Alexander is set for expansion following a £7m investment from Santander.  The capital funding package will be...

The property management platform Apropos, scheduled to launch early next year, says it’s signed up 25 business partners ahead of schedule. The...

Labour’s controversial proposal to oblige landlords to sell their buy to let properties to tenants who wished to purchase them, unveiled...

Landlords must look at their finances as a range of tax changes continue to 'hit home', according to Apropos. The property management...

The rental sector needs to prepare for the demographic challenge of an increasingly older population, says the head of a high...

One of the country’s leading property management experts says buy to let is here to stay - but only if individual...

A new property court similar to the Scottish system should be established in England and Wales to deal with the proposed...

Manchester is becoming a buy to let investment hotspot according to the boss of a leading property management firm.  David Alexander of...

A property management chief is arguing that rent controls would restrict mortgage loans to buy to let investors and drive existing...

A lettings agency chief in Scotland says the upcoming ban on agents levying fees on tenants - to be introduced in...

A rental market expert is urging landlords to be cautious when considering to use short-term lets websites such as Airbnb to...

The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...

Buy to let investors are facing a double whammy as stagnating rents and reduced tax relief are hitting profitability. A study from...

Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...

A new property management portal is being launched with the familiar aim of revolutionising the lettings industry - and it will...

More landlords will leave the private rented sector in the next year as annual rental price growth has been flat or...

A leading letting agent argues that the UK housing market is not prepared to deal with a growing number of lifetime...

One of the country’s largest independent property management firms says it’s seeing a clear shift within the rental sector from traditional...

Investors in buy to let in the UK are losing thousands of pounds in income - and it’s their own fault...

The managing director of one of the most prominent letting agencies in Edinburgh and Glasgow - where agents’ fees on tenants...

Data produced by Scottish lettings agency DJ Alexander Lettings appears to show a growing trend towards long-term letting over buying. The agency,...

People coming to work in Scotland from overseas are making up an increasing proportion of private sector tenants according to a...

One of Scotland’s largest independent letting agencies has entered into two deals adding over 600 properties to its inventory. The Edinburgh-based DJ...

David Alexander, managing director of the letting agency DJ Alexander, has come across some unusual requests in over 30 years doing business...

A Scottish agent has warned that government proposals to restrict landlord repossessions could negatively impact accommodation costs at the Edinburgh Festival. David...