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A review of Edinburgh’s controversial short term lets licensing will take place this summer. City councillors agreed to publicly consult on the...
01 July 2024
From: Breaking News
A lettings agency director is suggesting the short lets boom may be over. Marc von Grundherr, director of Benham and Reeves, says...
19 June 2024
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Rents rose 9% on average in the UK in Q1 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, says flatshare site SpareRoom. Out...
16 April 2024
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Propertymark has urged the Scottish Government to resolve the country’s ongoing housing emergency. The news comes as Scottish Labour MSP Mark Griffin...
20 March 2024
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It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Fast-growing Lomond has acquired a rental portfolio of in excess of 2,000 units. It has bought Tay Letting and its rental portfolio...
07 March 2024
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Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...
26 January 2024
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Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...
19 January 2024
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Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has spent some £150m acquiring a portfolio of six Purpose Built...
19 January 2024
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New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert. David Alexander -...
12 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A severe shortage of properties to rent, fierce competition to secure the homes that are available, and rising rental prices led...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Neil Cobbold, Managing Director What is PayProp and what does it...
08 January 2024
From: 60 Second Interview
A property portal has announced the inaugural graduation of its first-ever qualification. Some 55 students were awarded the SPC Property Practice Certification,...
18 December 2023
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The scale of rent rises has peaked with future increases likely to be smaller, says Zoopla. The portal’s latest report into the...
13 December 2023
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The long-term shortage of rental accommodation is now addressed by a short-term clampdown on second homes and empty properties, a leading...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
There’s been widespread dismay in the industry as the outcome of a Judicial Review has backed the Scottish Government’s objective of...
03 November 2023
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One of Scotland’s oldest property and legal brands - Simpson & Marwick - has been snapped up by a newcomer to...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...
09 October 2023
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Private rents have continued to soar in Scotland according to DJ Alexander, the largest lettings agency in the country. It says rental...
11 September 2023
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The owners of one of the first Build To Rent schemes in Edinburgh is bidding to improve the EPC rating while...
08 September 2023
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Following the merger of the South Scotland and North Cumbria branches of Fine & Country, the agency has added a further...
07 September 2023
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The classified ad website Gumtree is issuing an alert about what it claims is the growing threat of rental fraud. It says...
05 September 2023
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A report being considered by a council says one of the UK’s biggest cities could see an 80 per cent collapse in...
24 August 2023
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Scotland’s largest letting agent had almost 40,000 viewing requests during July for rental properties in Edinburgh and Glasgow alone. DJ Alexander Ltd...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...
20 July 2023
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Rents continue to soar across the UK according to data released by flatshare website SpareRoom. It says average UK room rents were...
13 July 2023
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A family business has been named Residential Letting Team of the Year for the second time. The small At Home In Edinburgh...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
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
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Typical UK rents now account for 28.3 per cent of average pre-tax earnings - slightly above the 10-year average of 27...
22 June 2023
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Rettie & Co has appointed Rob Trotter as Director of New Business for Lettings, joining from London’s-owned DJ Alexander where he...
19 June 2023
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The leader of the council that was rebuffed by a court when it tried to control the spread of Airbnb-style short...
13 June 2023
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A trade body has criticised the various UK governments for “rushing blindly” into poorly-constructed regulation of short lets. The angry words from...
12 June 2023
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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
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A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...
03 May 2023
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Rightmove says growing numbers of renters are leaving Britain’s cities to find a cheaper place to live or to get more...
17 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A Build To Rent operator has struck a deal with Lloyds Pharmacy to offer a so-called Health Concierge Service allowing tenants...
23 February 2023
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London has continued to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year...
25 January 2023
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Propertymark is one of three lettings organisations behind a bid to get a Judicial Review of the Scottish Government’s rent controls...
23 January 2023
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A crackdown on Airbnbs and other short lets in the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, has infuriated landlord’s’ representatives. In line with the rest...
07 December 2022
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A lettings agency in Scotland has played down the impact of the emergency rent freeze and eviction ban which have been...
20 October 2022
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A holiday letting agency has criticised the introduction of licensing for short term rentals in Scotland as “poorly thought-through and ill-timed”. Iain...
04 October 2022
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The first step within the UK to officially monitor Airbnb-style short lets comes into effect on Saturday, which is October 1. Scotland’s...
29 September 2022
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The Times says some Build to Rent investment has been paused as a result of the rent freeze imposed by the...
22 September 2022
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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
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The UK Short Term Accommodation Association says the Scottish Government’s backing of a bid to control short lets in Edinburgh could...
01 September 2022
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A market snapshot of the growing Build To Rent sector outside of London suggests units are letting rapidly with low voids. Figures...
18 August 2022
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New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...
16 August 2022
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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
HMOs rented by students can be up to £30 a week cheaper than purpose built student accommodation in halls of residence. That’s...
04 August 2022
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A prominent brand in the Lomond Group - Linley & Simpson - has expanded its portfolio by over 600 properties in...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings platform has joined forces with - wait for it - an astrologer, to find ideal places for people with...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...
07 June 2022
From: Breaking News
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
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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
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The appeal of city living has been reignited across Scotland with new figures showing a surge in demand and rents for...
13 May 2022
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One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...
27 April 2022
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Airbnb, so often criticised for operating in the largely-unregulated short lets market, has called on the UK government to scrap Section...
22 April 2022
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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
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A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...
03 March 2022
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New data from Zoopla suggests that lettings demand has now recovered across the central districts of all major cities including Birmingham,...
11 February 2022
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A lettings agency has gone on the offensive and is publishing landlords who switch from rivals because of allegedly poor service. And...
28 January 2022
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A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...
24 January 2022
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Ballantynes agency in Scotland has snapped up Edinburgh letting firm Capital Lettings. Capital founder David Smith is retiring and all existing staff...
21 January 2022
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Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...
18 January 2022
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There’s been a slump in demand for rental properties as a result of tenants staying put in the latter part of...
07 January 2022
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The Lomond Group, already reported to be in talks to buy London agency Chestertons, has revealed it’s snapped up another leading...
21 December 2021
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A lettings agency’s new website claims to offer increased support to landlords, tenants, and investors, “while cutting through the noise of...
17 December 2021
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A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...
07 December 2021
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A scam in one city has reportedly seen scores of individuals robbed of thousands of pounds as short lets have been...
18 November 2021
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An agent in one major university city says it’s faced with 50 students applying for each available property. Edinburgh residential property lettings,...
15 November 2021
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Airbnb has backed the Scottish Government's backtrack on pledges to exercise more centralised regulation over short let properties. The country’s ruling SNP-Green coalition...
12 October 2021
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The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...
11 October 2021
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A lettings agency’s research has revealed that rental demand has continued to climb across most major UK cities during the third quarter...
05 October 2021
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The lettings arm of a leading Edinburgh-based property portal has reported a surge of Edinburgh properties being rented on the same...
23 September 2021
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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
One HMO had 78 viewings while in the same city a £7,000 rental property was let after just one day of...
23 August 2021
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The Furnished versus Unfurnished debate in the rental sector has been going on for years but new research attempts to quantify...
12 August 2021
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A consultation is to begin next month regarding the designation of an entire city as a Short Term Let Control Area. If...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Record tenant demand and record-fast lettings have combined to create an average asking rent above £1,000 per calendar month for homes...
15 July 2021
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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
Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...
07 June 2021
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The city centre rental market, considered to be one of the industry’s losers during the worst of the pandemic, is beginning...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A landlord who appealed against a local council decision regarding the letting of her apartment on Airbnb has lost - and...
11 May 2021
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The highest profile agency in the big-spending Lomond Group has sealed a trio of deals in the first week of April...
07 May 2021
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A Scottish agency has strengthened its specialism in managing HMOs with the acquisition of a lettings book of 90 more units. Braemore Sales...
22 April 2021
From: Breaking News
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
FirstPort, the residential property services provider, has teamed up with The Turing Trust to help equip a new computer lab at...
02 April 2021
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There's been a warning that tenants should not be deceived when a landlords wants possession of their property. Lindsays law firm says...
15 March 2021
From: Breaking News
A first attempt to regulate Airbnb-style short lets through licensing has been withdrawn. The SNP-led Scottish Government had drawn up a licensing...
22 February 2021
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Lomond - which recently merged with Linley & Simpson - has acquired four smaller independent agencies in three different cities. Two of...
28 January 2021
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A new lettings market snapshot from Rightmove suggests that asking rents in some major city centres have seen annual falls up...
27 January 2021
From: Breaking News
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
A council in Scotland is set to be the first to introduce regulations for Airbnb and similar platforms in the short lets sector. ARLA...
11 December 2020
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Activists are attempting to build rent strike momentum amongst students who rent property across the country. ‘Rent Strike” is a national network...
08 December 2020
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A family-run agency that describes itself as “plucky” has rebranded and moved to larger premises in one of the UK’s most...
15 October 2020
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Scottish agency Tay Letting is set for expansion into Dundee and its surrounding areas with the acquisition of Lickley Proctor Lettings. Just...
09 September 2020
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A property management firm says there’s been a big surge in rentals with the majority of deals being completed using virtual...