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![Demand cools and supply rises - new lettings analysis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agents-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control architect threatens new package of ‘reforms’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House_pound-400x310.png)
The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ single demand of government - solve the housing emergency!](/upload/images/shutterstock_2315839575.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Agency giant snaps up 2,000-property lettings portfolio](/upload/images/shutterstock_1079721062.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Agency acquires lettings portfolio from liquidated competitor](/upload/images/shutterstock_2059630586(2).jpg)
Glasgow agency Rosevale Letting has significantly increased its portfolio of managed properties after acquiring letting properties from a competitor, Ross Sales...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Top UK cities for 2024 rental potential revealed by industry supplier](/upload/images/shutterstock_304372931(1).jpg)
Aldermore has named Bristol, as the best city for landlords to invest in for 2024. Manchester, Coventry, Brighton and London make up...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent stole over £40,000 from firm which hadn’t noticed missing money](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_309559970.jpg)
A letting agent who stole over £40,000 from her employer was caught when a bank queried the use of a company...
22 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![New buy to let city hotspot identified by insurance analysis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-2-400x310.png)
Glasgow has been revealed as the UK city with the biggest rise in the number of buy to let properties in...
26 January 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
![Top agent slams latest rent control move as costly and complex](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
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
![Tenants flee cities as high rents push them to outer areas](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
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
![Historic building snapped up for Build To Rent development](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A historic former school and hospital building in Glasgow City Centre will be restored as part of a plan to create...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Shocking rent rises now a thing of the past says Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/1-HousePriceRising.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Local Housing Allowance - call for even more help for low-income renters](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Low-income renters will get a boost next spring - but a pressure group wants more government help for this sector. The Chancellor’s...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agency installs new systems after error leaves HMOs unlicensed](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing1-400x310.png)
A lettings agency has initiated new systems to ensure there is no repeat of a mistake that left some client properties...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - Britain’s worst city for rental availability](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
New research has identified locations with the largest volume of available rental stock, based on those units at or below the...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agent says he’s getting 150+ enquiries per property within 24 hours](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
Glasgow’s lettings market is the strongest it’s been in up to 10 years, with a shortage of rental flats driving demand...
17 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![High profile city agency rebrands following end of licensing deal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_licensing-400x310.png)
Long established property business Newton Letting is rebranding as Rosevale Letting, following the conclusion of a licensing period. Former Newton employee, Riccardo...
12 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fraud alert for fake properties issued by classified ad website](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind1-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Jaw dropping 40,000 viewing requests in a montf for lettings chain](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HomeViewing-400x310.png)
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
![Rightmove to push its training service at Propertymark events](/upload/images/shutterstock_1361250578.jpg)
Rightmove is to provide agents with local market data and easier access to training at a series of Propertymark regional events. Rightmove...
07 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock Survey - Quarter of young tenants admit to sub-letting](/upload/images/shutterstock_1902146830.jpg)
One in eight tenants admit to letting out part or all of their rented property - and that rises to a...
26 July 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
![Rents edge above long term ratio to earnings says Zoopla](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
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
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
![Rent Caps and Build To Rent - seminar to discuss impact](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
A seminar is to be held to look at the impact of rent controls on the burgeoning Build To Rent sector. Private...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Top 10 cities for buy to let investment revealed by insurer](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Flags%20%26%20Locations/London1-400x310.png)
London has continued to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Largest lettings agency hosts open day for new branch tomorrow](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/LRG%20_Head_Office-695x395.png)
The largest lettings agency in Scotland, DJ Alexander Ltd, has opened new premises in Glasgow. It employed 20 people and lettings director...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Supply shortage set to get worse in 2023 - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/UKHomesTraditional-400x310.png)
New data from flatshare site SpareRoom reveals that rents reached an all-time high in Q4 2022, with the average UK room...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ethical Lettings Agency scoops international award](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Happy_EstateAgent-400x310.png)
A lettings agency which describes itself as “ethical” has been honoured with an award linked to the United Nations. Homes For Good...
06 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent freeze threat ‘stopping large-scale housing developments’](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
A prominent businessman has told the Scottish media that the country’s rent freeze policy has led to two major housing schemes...
29 December 2022
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
![Banned! Property management boss wrongly took out Covid loans](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_Banned-400x310.png)
A property management chief has been disqualified as a director for 12 years after using his firms to take out £135,000...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls crush hopes for thousands of affordable homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent1-400x310.png)
A Labour peer who was to have invested £1 billion in affordable homes has halted his scheme because of the threat...
19 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent freeze already damaging key rental investment - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/stressedwoman_cost-of-living_400x310.png)
The Times says some Build to Rent investment has been paused as a result of the rent freeze imposed by the...
22 September 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
![Zoopla reveals huge three-figure rent rise in past year](/upload/images/library/zoopla_new_logo400x310.png)
The average rent in the UK has increased by £115 per month since last year, reaching £1,051 per calendar month according...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency backing Purpose Built Student Accommodation over buy to let](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/StudentsTogether400x310.jpeg)
New research claims students in the UK are currently paying as much as £16,500 per year in living costs - a...
16 August 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
![On Your Marks! Buy To Let investors urged to look at Birmingham](/upload/images/Locations/Birmingham-400x310.jpg)
Property prices in Birmingham are expected to rise more than any other city in the UK following the Commonwealth Games, it’s...
28 July 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
![Noose tightens on unregulated city Airbnb and other short lets](/upload/images/Logos/Airbnb2-400x310.png)
One of Britain’s largest cities wants to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms. The proposed scheme in Glasgow follows legal changes...
27 June 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
![Virtual tour company complains about low agency take up](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/VirtualViewing-CoreLogic-400x310.jpg)
A company providing virtual tours insists the technology delivers “undeniable results” but is still not used universally by agents. Virtual tours became...
25 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
![Airbnb giving vouchers to encourage more short lets in key cities](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HandingOverKeys-mio-400x310.jpg)
Airbnb is giving away £100 vouchers to anyone in the UK who shifts into the short lets sector for the first...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Short let units should switch to mainstream rentals, says agent](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
A prominent agent says the shortage of rental property is now so acute, and like to get still worse, that those...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Acquisition means agency is now largest lettings operator in country](/upload/images/library/HandshakeSuit-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Top rental investment locations - where’s hot and where’s not](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/AdobeStock_265319498.jpeg)
A new Buy To Let ‘tracker’ from a prominent buy to let mortgage lender has revealed what it considers to be...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![City rental demand climbs as return to workplaces goes on](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/RisingRents-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls to be introduced after deal between politicians](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Short Lets rip off? Airbnb owners hike rents up to 300% at peak](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
A new survey suggests Airbnb owners are charging over 300 per cent more to stay at their properties during major events...
30 July 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
![Six-figure deal buys area’s largest independent agency](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings company has paid an undisclosed sum - described only as “a six figure deal” - to acquire a large...
05 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Commercial agency expands into residential with strong ambitions](/img/default/lat.png)
Scottish commercial property firm Bowman Rebecchi has announced an expansion into the residential letting sector with the Glasgow-based agency Newton Letting. Bowman...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency named to handle lettings at new Build To Rent city scheme](/img/default/lat.png)
The team behind Glasgow’s first major city centre Build to Rent housing development has announced another multi-million-pound BTR project. Kelvin Properties, which...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Big Issue backs lettings agency “delivering social good”](/img/default/lat.png)
The investment arm of the Big Issue street newspaper is putting £3m into a new form of lettings agency. Homes for Good was...
02 October 2020
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
![Another huge Build To Rent scheme set for big city centre site](/img/default/lat.png)
A major player in the Build To Rent sector has announced another large scheme - 346 units - on a major...
01 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - where to find the best yields, according to Zoopla](/img/default/lat.png)
Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields. The analysis is based on rental returns...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Deposit scheme wants new role negotiating rent repayment deals](/img/default/lat.png)
A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...
28 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: favoured buy to let locations with tenants in situ](/img/default/lat.png)
A league table has been drawn up to show which large cities in the UK have the highest demand for investment...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Most rental completions use virtual viewings ‘without tenant going in’](/img/default/lat.png)
A property management firm says there’s been a big surge in rentals with the majority of deals being completed using virtual...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Still possible to get strong buy to let rental yields - and here’s where…](/img/default/lat.png)
New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Research reveals best average buy to let yields by property type](/img/default/lat.png)
One bedroom properties provide the best returns to buy to let investors according to new research by a lettings management platform. Single...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![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
![Yields ease but rental market riding the Coronavirus challenge](/img/default/lat.png)
New research suggested that yields across the UK rental market are remaining broadly unchanged despite the Coronavirus crisis. The current average sits...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![800 short let properties given over to NHS staff with more to come](/img/default/lat.png)
A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Online lettings portal raises £7m as it prepares for New Year launch](/img/default/lat.png)
High-profile property management firm DJ Alexander is set for expansion following a £7m investment from Santander. The capital funding package will be...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Family lettings company acquires three-year-old independent](/img/default/lat.png)
A long-established lettings company in Scotland has acquired a three year old independent with a small portfolio of 45 properties. Riccardo Giovanacci...
21 November 2019
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
![Pervert photo request leads to landlord being denied a licence](/img/default/lat.png)
A landlord who made a perverted request to take photographs of a teenager in her underwear has had his request for...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![US firm targets UK’s student lettings sector in major cities](/img/default/lat.png)
A huge US property investment firm valued at over $10 billion is entering the UK’s purpose build student accommodation sector. Chicago-based CA...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![20-somethings spend up to a third of pre-tax income on room rents](/img/default/lat.png)
Young adults aged 20 to 29 spend up to a third of their pre-tax income on rent for a room according...
16 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Room rents up 8% since the Tenant Fees Act, claims online platform](/img/default/lat.png)
An online room-letting platform claims rents have risen up to eight per cent in wake of the Tenant Fee Act. ideal flatmate...
11 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Build to Rent investment hits record high, eclipsing £4bn in 2018](/img/default/lat.png)
Institutional investment in the Build to Rent (BTR) sector reached a record high last year, according to fresh research from Bidwells. The...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Policing rental sector to be a focus of new research project](/img/default/lat.png)
Two housing organisations have come together to fund a major research programme to improve standards in the private rental sector. They are...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Stagnant London market weighs down on national rental growth](/img/default/lat.png)
A slow rental market in London is weighing down on growth across the rest of the UK, according to the latest...
10 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Two more independent agencies snapped up by franchise giant](/img/default/lat.png)
Northwood has snapped up two independent agencies - Northwood Warminster have successfully completed on the acquisition of Wilsons of Westbury while...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![More PropTech pledged after management buy-out of lettings business](/img/default/lat.png)
The senior executive who has bought out the lettings side of a Glasgow agency business says increased use of PropTech is...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Millennials’ top cities measured by rent, jobs - and Remainers...](/img/default/lat.png)
A controversial new survey claims to have identified the best cities for millennials to live in based on factors such as...
04 April 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
![Major Build To Rent provider signs deal to provide 324 city flats](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the country’s major Build To Rent providers has signed a deal to deliver 324 flats in a major city...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Private rental stock 'now accounts for 40% of all available housing'](/img/default/lat.png)
A new study suggests that rental properties now account for 40 per cent of the available housing stock. Looking at the final...
21 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agency banned from running Airbnb short-let in residential block](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency has been banned from running an Airbnb let in a residential block. It relates to a block in Glasgow...
28 December 2018
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
![Lettings sector rule changes fail to disrupt Scottish rental stability](/img/default/lat.png)
New figures show that the Scottish rental market returned to growth in September with average growth of 0.1 per cent across...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Shock claim by senior agent of air of criminality in lettings industry](/img/default/lat.png)
One of Scotland’s top lettings agents is warning of “an air of criminality” in the rental industry north of the border. His...
26 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket weighs cost benefit of letting furnished v unfurnished](/img/default/lat.png)
A two bedroom furnished flat can cost up to 21 per cent more to rent than a comparable property that’s unfurnished. Research...
24 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Yield of Dreams: research reveals the highest buy to let returns](/img/default/lat.png)
A new analysis of rental yields across all of the UK’s local authorities has revealed exactly where the best places are for...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agency on course to manage 1,000 properties before tenth birthday](/img/default/lat.png)
A letting agency says it is on course to manage 1,000 properties before it marks its tenth anniversary next year. Tay Letting,...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agent banned from letting properties after head-butting incident](/img/default/lat.png)
An agent has been banned from letting properties under ‘fit and proper person’ legislation in Scotland, following an incident in which...
08 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent provider unveils plans for 1,500 new homes](/img/default/lat.png)
Build To Rent provider Get Living has revealed plans to invest up to £180m in 756 units in Leeds. Acquired by Get...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Rate of rental growth slows north of the border, says Your Move](/img/default/lat.png)
Rents in Scotland continue to grow but the rate is slowing according to the latest data from Your Move. The average rental...
29 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent operator and developer announces two new projects](/img/default/lat.png)
Build To Rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has announced its first scheme in Scotland and an expansion of an existing development...