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12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![No explicit pledge to spread rent controls further in Scotland - SNP](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
The Scottish National Party, which as part of an alliance with the Greens introduced controversial rent controls in Scotland in 2022,...
20 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stop Killing Market with Rent Controls, agents tell minister](/upload/images/shutterstock_2083876012.jpg)
Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...
08 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Political Chaos is perfect time to ditch rent controls - housing bodies](/upload/images/shutterstock_2414859941.jpg)
The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...
29 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agents Furious at Permanent Rent Controls proposed by politicians](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...
28 March 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
![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
![Labour will keep Right To Buy in England if it wins election](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...
02 January 2024
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
![New energy efficiency U-turn welcomed by leading agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/EPC-2-400x310.png)
It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents get angry with pro-rent control politicians](/upload/images/shutterstock_2239146247.jpg)
Propertymark has issued a strongly-worded statement aimed at politicians demanding rent controls. Labour Members of the Scottish Parliament have urged the declaration...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - Eco-activists jubilant after agents suffer legal setback](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
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
![Rent Control political coalition likely to stay until 2026](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The political alliance between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens is likely to stay in place until 2026. Arguably the...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![EPCs and Energy Efficiency - agents to discuss issue this autumn](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/Energy_Efficiency-400x310.png)
A consultation setting out proposals to reform domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates has been opened by the Scottish Government. It feels...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![New consultation on second home council tax hikes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxRefund-400x310.png)
A new consultation by one of the national governments within the UK advocates giving more councils power to make huge rises...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Review taxes and boost supply - agents’ message to new party leader](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TaxPlanning-400x310.png)
Propertymark has given advice to the new Scottish National Party leader and Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf. The trade group’s head of...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Scottish leader is bad news for rental sector, warns agent](/upload/images/Scottish%20parlament%20house%20shutterstock_293979215.jpg)
New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is bad news for the private rental sector, a prominent lettings agent warns. David Alexander -...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Political wannabes wrong to blame holiday lets, claims top agent](/upload/images/shutterstock_1251325300.jpg)
A prominent lettings agent has criticised leading candidates for the leadership of the Scottish National Party for anti-holiday let policies. David Alexander,...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Sturgeon move is chance to reset rental sector says agent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
A prominent Scottish lettings agent says the decision of Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scotland’s First Minister may offer a chance...
16 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Freeze - Political dogma or Genuinely needed?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze1-400x310.png)
An influential housing body has criticised the Green and SNP politicians behind the Scottish Government’s rent cap, which has been renewed...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![AirBnb Victory? - short lets register is delayed six months](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-3-400x310.png)
It’s been announced that a deadline for existing hosts on AirBnb and other short let platforms to register with the Scottish...
22 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let tax rise - agents angry at damage to rental sector](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxRefund-400x310.png)
Letting agents in Scotland are angry at the Scottish Government for increasing the tax surcharge on buyers of buy to lets...
20 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax on buy to lets and second homes up to 6% - will rest of UK follow suit?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TaxPlanning-400x310.png)
Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty - has risen to six per cent for all...
16 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls Fail Worldwide - agent lists disastrous consequences](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze1-400x310.png)
A lettings agency chief has listed how rent controls have failed across the world. Writing in The Scotsman, David Alexander - chief...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Freeze - Agents ask whether it’s even legal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Rent_Freeze-400x310.png)
It’s being reported in Scotland that Propertymark, along with other lettings sector trade bodies, are seeking legal advice on that country’s...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lion’s Den! Rent control advocate to speak at letting agents’ conference](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Conference-Stock-400x310.jpg)
The politician who is arguably the country’s most powerful advocate of rent controls is to address a Propertymark conference. Patrick Harvie, Scotland’s...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency chief’s cautious welcome for extended Right To Buy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MortgageDepositImage-400x310.jpg)
The head of a prominent brand in a fast-expanding lettings and sales agency group has given a cautious welcome to government...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency boss condemns political party for “punitive” attack on rental sector](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
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
From: Breaking News
![Another Labour politician urges immediate rent controls](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
Another prominent Labour politician has thrown his weight behind rent controls. And Mark Griffin - who is the party’s housing spokesman in...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Opposition grows to regulation bid over Airbnbs and short lets](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Get set for rent controls in one part of the UK](/upload/images/library/LondonHousesAndSkyline-400x310.jpg)
Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb tells government it has better way of regulating short lets](/upload/images/Logos/airbnb-logo400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Government backs away from stricter regulation of Airbnb and short lets](/upload/images/Locations/ScotlandFlag400x310.png)
The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rent controls - agents warn politicians against hasty change](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
ARLA Propertymark has voiced its concern over rent controls to a politicians who is leading the charge to introduce them to...
03 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![This is how rent controls could work - one agent's view](/upload/images/library/Glasgow-1-400x310.jpg)
A senior lettings agent and property management company owner has set out how rent controls could work in very specific circumstances...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Deal to introduce rent controls “ill thought out” say agents](/upload/images/library/PropertyMarket-2-400x310-min.jpg)
The deal to introduce rent controls in Scotland - the result of a deal between two parties in the Scottish Parliament...
27 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Rental sector reform plans go MUCH further than just rent controls](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/rental-sector26615.png)
Details are beginning to emerge of the measures likely to be imposed on the private rental sector in Scotland as a...
24 August 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
![Call for extended Airbnb tax to offset damage to rental market](/img/default/lat.png)
A fund instituted by Airbnb to help compensate for the effects of short let accommodation should be extended, local politicians say. In...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb tries to buy off rental criticism with local ‘tax’](/img/default/lat.png)
Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Victory for Airbnb in first round of battle for short lets regulation](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Pioneering clampdown on short lets gathers pace](/img/default/lat.png)
Scotland’s official clampdown on short lets is gathering pace with the country’s housing minister advocating a licensing regime and so-called ‘control...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![2021 will not hold back Agents who are prepared to adapt](/img/default/lat.png)
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents can do more to speed up transactions by adopting technology](/img/default/lat.png)
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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![Keeping the property market moving](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Pressure building to help private tenants hit by Coronavirus](/img/default/lat.png)
One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...
17 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![New Labour chief pledges to introduce stringent rent controls](/img/default/lat.png)
The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News
24 July 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Fit for human habitation' amendment may be reconsidered after London fire](/img/default/lat.png)
A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...
15 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Housing minister to investigate 'sex for rent' allegations](/img/default/lat.png)
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![4 Reasons Why Virtual Furnishing Really Is The Future](/img/default/lat.png)
It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...
17 March 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Guarantee blue skies! Bad weather doesn’t mean bad photos when you use Doctor Photo](/img/default/lat.png)
Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...
02 February 2017
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![Estate agents, fancy a ride in a supercar?](/img/default/lat.png)
Why not drive one of the most powerful, beautiful, and sensational supercars available on the planet today, and at a price...
01 February 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![How can Agents survive in an increasingly competitive market?](/img/default/lat.png)
The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![BBC probe says 'struck off' landlords exploiting vulnerable tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
The BBC is claiming that vulnerable families are being exploited by rogue landlords in Glasgow - including in the constituency for...
25 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Lifting the Lid on Deposit Disputes](/img/default/lat.png)
Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![Labour MP claims councils take 'soft' approach towards buy to let rogues](/img/default/lat.png)
Labour MP Karen Buck is accusing local authorities of taking a ’softly, softly’ approach to rogue letting agents and landlords. Buck, whose...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Labour and SNP 'buy to let MPs' did not vote for controversial amendment](/img/default/lat.png)
The row over Tory MPs who voted against a bid to ensure all homes let to private tenants were “fit for...
18 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Hunters boss tops list of MPs with investment properties](/img/default/lat.png)
Some 19 per cent of MPs in the new parliament are landlords according to their entries in the first Register of...
10 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![SNP policies risk forcing landlords to quit - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
The policies of the SNP-controlled Scottish Government risks leading to an exodus of landlords as a result of the removal of...