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The most vocal campaign group for tenants, Generation Rent, has warned government that renters have already been waiting two years for...

The ESTAS Awards ceremony is traditionally held each May but no prizes for guessing why this year, as with 2020, things...

The highest profile agency in the big-spending Lomond Group has sealed a trio of deals in the first week of April...

A lettings company has paid an undisclosed sum - described only as “a six figure deal” - to acquire a large...

Unite Students, the UK’s largest provider of purpose built student accommodation, has signed a deal guaranteeing a fifth of its annual...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says agents should continue to help landlords and tenants during the Coronavirus crisis. Although the vaccine...

The Property Franchise Group has made another acquisition, this time in the seaside town of Weymouth. TPFG’s Martin & Co brand has...

A Scottish agency has strengthened its specialism in managing HMOs with the acquisition of a lettings book of 90 more units. Braemore Sales...

London rents climbed for the first time for over a year during Q1 2021 —although the rise was a mere £8...

The Home website has produced its latest rental market snapshot - and once again London is the odd region out compared...

The government has told estate agents to ensure at least one Union Jack is present in properties during both physical and...

An influential group of MPs wants an end to repeated last minute extensions to the ban on evictions and instead wants financial support...

Rent controls are being discussed again as candidates prepare for May's local elections. In London Green Party mayoral candidate Sian Berry -...

The lettings book of one of the UK’s oldest property and law companies has been snapped up by a firm in the...

An upbeat market snapshot for the lettings sector claims that one region of the UK has seen rent increases in excess...

There's been a warning that tenants should not be deceived when a landlords wants possession of their property. Lindsays law firm says...

A report in the Financial Times over the weekend suggests that Lloyds Bank is poised to become a major residential landlord,...

The extension of the furlough scheme might be an indirect saviour for many lettings agencies says a leading PropTech entrepreneur. Neil Cobbold,...

Two letting agents have been ordered to pay £16,000 to a landlord after their activities were found to be unregistered and...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents Team is appealing to the industry to be eagle-eyed for scams. This follows the...

A prominent industry figure is warning Chancellor Rishi Sunak not to use property taxes to bail out the government over the costs...

Scotland’s official clampdown on short lets is gathering pace with the country’s housing minister advocating a licensing regime and so-called ‘control...

There’s been a small change to the Coronavirus regulations as they apply to the maintenance and upkeep of properties in Scotland. First...

A leading market commentator and PropTech chief says the extension of the bailiff-enforced eviction ban was predictable, but presents agents with...

The ban on private rental evictions in Scotland has been formally extended by two months, with a high expectation that a...

Letting agents and the rental market in England are still in business even during the national lockdown already in force. The government’s...

Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...

A leading property law expert says there is now pressure on Chancellor Rishi Sunak to raise stamp duty on buy to...

The Scottish Parliament has postponed new fire and smoke alarm legislation for 12 months. This move, by its local government committee, follows...

A council in Scotland is set to be the first to introduce regulations for Airbnb and similar platforms in the short lets sector. ARLA...

A renters’ union in Scotland claims a proposal to cap rents in the country doesn’t go far enough. The Scottish Parliament’s Local...

Scottish commercial property firm Bowman Rebecchi has announced an expansion into the residential letting sector with the Glasgow-based agency Newton Letting. Bowman...

The number of tenants experiencing rent increases fell for the second month in a row according to ARLA Propertymark. Its latest snapshot...

A newspaper claims a lettings agency is battling allegations of overcharging customers and using fake companies to carry out maintenance work. The Daily Record...

ARLA Propertymark is one of seven trade and charity groups calling on the government to help bail out private renters with...

New and tougher Coronavirus restrictions have been announced in Scotland with decisions on England’s new controls expected to be revealed today or...

As lockdown – Season 2, the sequel no one asked for – gets underway in England, landlords, tenants and agents will...

It appears the much-hyped exodus of people from London to the country doesn’t apply to the rental market. Despite rents falling in...

The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...

The Chartered Institute of Housing claims there may be a “massive increase” in evictions in the near future. In a briefing paper the...

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

There have been more Coronavirus-inspired changes to lettings regulations in Scotland. Firstly the Scottish Government has passed the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment...

A leading trade body has broadly welcomed the Winter Economy Plan outlined by Chancellor Rishi Sunak yesterday, but says this still...

A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...

The letting market experienced a traditional seasonal decline in August, according to the latest analysis from Agency Express. Its Property Activity Index...

Landlords operating in England are increasingly seeking evictions advice from their Scottish counterparts, according to property management firm Apropos. The platform says...

The first attempt to assess the loss of rental income as a result of Coronavirus calculates 22 per cent of private landlords...

Zoopla has revealed its top 10 hotspots for buy to let investors seeking high rental yields.  The analysis is based on rental returns...

Scottish agency Tay Letting is set for expansion into Dundee and its surrounding areas with the acquisition of Lickley Proctor Lettings. Just...

A scheme providing interest-free loans to tenants with Covid-related arrears should be offered across the UK. That’s the view of David Alexander...

Striving for higher yields remains the holy grail for buy to let, and new research suggests investors could be attracted by...

Pressure is building on the UK government to ensure England follows the example of both Scotland and Wales and creates a...

A deposit scheme has launched a new service designed to help tenants and landlords who have experienced issues with rent arrears as...

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

The campaigning pressure group Generation Rent has returned to the battle to win an extension to the current evictions ban in...

The ban on evictions in the private rented sector looks almost certain to be extended until March next year in Scotland...

A series of fake scams allegedly advertising apartments to rent have appeared on Zoopla and other property websites. The Edinburgh Live news...

A leading PropTech figure says a political issue north of the border demonstrates the advantages of voluntary industry codes of practice over...

A local authority has set up what it calls The Private Sector Landlord service to try to harness some private property...

A Bill which would have introduced a general cap on rent increases in the private rental sector has been abandoned by...

A stamp duty cut could reinvigorate the buy to let market and the wider economy as the country comes out of...

A local authority is imploring private landlords and providers of short-term lets, including Airbnb hosts, to lease their properties and thus...

New research has produced a series of league tables to identify where in Britain the best rental yields can be found. The...

ARLA Propertymark has set out its concerns over draft guidance on anti-money laundering produced by a body called the Joint Money...

Rents on renewed tenancies across Great Britain fell 1.6 per cent in May, the third consecutive monthly fall.   Data from Hamptons International...

The short let sector says it’s been agreed that it can open Airbnb and similar platforms for bookings from July 4...

Agents and landlords of private rented homes are urging the Scottish Government to continue work on improving the energy efficiency of...

We’re familiar with the rental market being strong across England - now there’s news of it doing well north of the...

Aldermore Bank is this week resuming physical mortgage valuations on properties for house purchase and remortgage in England, where strict social...

A digital property management platform has gone live with a network of local agents covering some of the UK’s key cities.  Apropos has recruited a network of what it calls...

The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

A project called NHS Homes, run by a number of suppliers within the short lets sector, has now made available some...

Families living in private rented accommodation are more exposed to the economic shock of the Coronavirus than homeowners, which could mean...

A PropTech platform claims that an area where the average rent is 50 per cent of less of an average salary...

The typical UK private rental deposit, often considered high in this country, is thought to be relatively low by international standards...

The government’s official index for the private rental sector has shown that rents rose by 1.5 per cent in the 12...

A lettings agency in one of the most competitive markets in Britain says it’s enjoyed a record year winning landlords from...

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

The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...

Accreditation body safeagent has announced a new designation for lettings and management agents who successfully pass its NCFE accredited courses. The designation...

The average cost of a rental home in Great Britain rose to £999 pcm in December according to figures just released...

A tenant is thought to be the first ever to have been awarded damages under new Scottish lettings legislation. Dambaru Baral was...

A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...

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

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...

A trade body suggests that the votes of private landlords could decide the results in over 100 constituencies in next week’s...

Scottish legal firm Gilson Gray has shaped up Coulters Letting, meaning it now enters the residential rentals sector for the first...

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

A long-established lettings company in Scotland has acquired a three year old independent with a small portfolio of 45 properties. Riccardo Giovanacci...

The latest lettings market snapshot by insurance firm HomeLet says the average rent across the UK is now £953, up 2.7...

Just over a fifth of lettings agents questioned in a major industry survey are concerned that may not be complying with...

Another think tank has come up with proposals to scrap Section 21 eviction powers and cap rents - and it also...

A leading agent is the latest industry figure to speak out against rent controls, which continue to be advocated by Labour...

A lettings guru who worked at Purplebricks for five years in a string of key roles has quit the company to...

The Scottish Government says it’s looking at whether to regulate Airbnb and other short let activities after a consultation found widespread...

A landlord who made a perverted request to take photographs of a teenager in her underwear has had his request for...

A leading agent has repeated his controversial belief that the proposed scrapping of Section 21 eviction powers should be seen as...

New research from Rightmove shows almost a quarter of landlords are planning to sell at least one property from their current...

UK-wide rental prices are up 2.0 per cent annually to £876 – a three-year high – according to a new quarterly...

The cost of renting a room in the UK remained steady during Q3, according to SpareRoom. The country's biggest flatsharing site says...

An online letting agency which launched last month has announced the recruitment of two former Purplebricks staff. Michael Booth, the hybrid agency's...

There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...

Letting agents are to be offered free training in managing tenancy deposits and disputes if they operate in Edinburgh. In the last...

Data from Countrywide estate agents analysed by Hamptons International reveals that the average rent of a newly-let property in the UK...

We are at the beginning of the end for let only tenancies which have effectively been subsidised in the past by...

The Liberal Democrat conference, which begins on Saturday, is to debate a resolution calling for the scrapping of Section 21 -...

A lettings platform has analysed the current average annual rental cost of different parts of the UK and how that relates...

Not-for-profit accreditation scheme safeagent has partnered with Landlord Accreditation Scotland to provide specialist training for agents north of the border.  LAS is...

The tenant fee ban in England has led to a surge in demand from tenants for properties according to Belvoir.  The franchise...

The most reliable indicator of rental trends in the UK As the largest provider of deposit protection in the UK, our database...

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

A lettings group says the high-profile struggle performers at the Edinburgh Fringe now face to find affordable short-term accommodation was entirely...

The vast majority of letting agents and private landlords with experience of using the courts to repossess properties say the system...

An analysis of rental properties in Scotland to discover the most numerous overseas landlords has discovered, perhaps surprisingly, that they come...

Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...

In the past 18 months more than 200 landlords from across Scotland have been found to be in breach of a...

A BBC investigation of 52 lettings agents has found that two thirds were levying charges on tenants, but it is uncertain...

An average of 34 per cent of a tenant’s typical salary is spent on rent across the UK, according to an...

A senior Labour politician has claimed that there is a city in the UK where two out of every 13 residential...

A call by Shelter for England to adopt Scotland’s model of indefinite tenancies in the private rented sector has been attacked...

Two housing organisations have come together to fund a major research programme to improve standards in the private rental sector. They are...

A leading lettings expert insists that greater regulation in the private rental sector can work for the benefit of landlords and...

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...

Not-for-profit operator Tenancy Deposit Scheme says early intervention between landlords and tenants across the UK is resulting in many more deposit...

A slow rental market in London is weighing down on growth across the rest of the UK, according to the latest...

The Scottish Government is investigating 114 businesses suspected of carrying out letting agency work without registration and has issued 86 compliance...

Clyde Property in Scotland now has over 3,000 properties under management, making it one of the largest portfolios north of the...

The senior executive who has bought out the lettings side of a Glasgow agency business says increased use of PropTech is...

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

The government’s wish to use a modified Section 8 as an alternative to Section 21 for landlords seeking possession of their...

The government says it wants to ban outright Section 21 'no fault' eviction powers in England and Wales. Instead landlords seeking to evict...

The average cost of a new let in Great Britain is now £969 pcm as rental growth continues to rise.  Data from Hamptons...

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

The rapid growth of Airbnb-style short lets could lead to the loss of private rented homes and displacement of long-term residents...

A leading accountancy firm has analysed buy to let taxation policies north and south of the border and claims that from...

Rent rises in the year to the end of February, as released by the government’s Office of National Statistics, show growth...

The implementation and costs of landlord licensing schemes in Britain are a lottery. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of licensing...

The proportion of landlords purchasing buy to let homes in London with cash rose from 33 per cent in 2017 to...

A Scottish mediation company and the SafeDeposits Scotland Trust are to create eight workshops aiming to improve relationships between agents, landlords,...

An 18 month probe by different authorities has led to a £4,000 fine for an HMO owner in the Highlands. The local...

New research from Zoopla suggests that parking sits firmly at the top of requirements for renters - but with pet-friendly facilities...

A programme of nine new educational workshops takes place next month, some of which target new agents with little or no experience of deposits...

Momentum is building in the campaign to end ‘No DSS’ discrimination against private rental sector tenants in receipt of housing benefit. Late...

Some 24 per cent of landlords have considered letting out their properties on a short let Airbnb-style basis - but only...

Latest official figures show that private rental prices paid by tenants in the UK rose by 1.0 per cent in the...

One of the country’s major Build To Rent providers has signed a deal to deliver 324 flats in a major city...

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

Disrepair in communal areas of private blocks is to be tackled in a new series of seminars for letting agents and...

Renting became more affordable in 2018 thanks to a combination of a once-in-a-decade fall in annual rents and wage inflation, according...

Rents have risen over the past year but at a very low level according to new property consultancy Apropos.  Across Britain as...

Landlords in London are possibly £1,806 worse off since the vote to leave the EU in June 2016, according to specialist...

The stamp duty surcharge - which across the rest of Britain is currently three per cent on additional homes such as...

A lettings agency has been banned from running an Airbnb let in a residential block. It relates to a block in Glasgow...

Edinburgh has been identified as having the UK’s fastest growing rents with the average annual sum rising by 4.63 per cent...

Newton Property, a lettings management company in Scotland, is spending £100,000 on installing electric car charging points in properties it manages.  It...

Deposit protection provider The Dispute Service says it has seen a big rise in the number of deposits it protects in...

Research released this morning reveals that university cities offer some of the highest buy to let yields in the country. The Free...

The average rent across Scotland is now running at £573 per calendar month - but that figure hides wide variations in...

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

The average rent in the UK is now £928 per calendar month, up by 2.1 per cent on the same time...

An online toolkit for tenants on how to best navigate the rental system has been launched by Shelter Scotland with funding...

The Scottish private lettings sector is on the march again with the latest index suggesting a 2.2 per cent annual rise,...

New figures show that the Scottish rental market returned to growth in September with average growth of 0.1 per cent across...

A branch of Martin & Co has substantially boosted its managed portfolio following the acquisition of independent agency County Rentals. The goodwill...

A salary of £51,200 a year is required to rent a one bedroom home in London according to research conducted by...

The latest rental figures produced by Your Move for Scotland have prompted a claim that the country now has better yields...

One of Scotland’s top lettings agents is warning of “an air of criminality” in the rental industry north of the border. His...

Latest government figures show that private rents paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 0.9 per cent in the 12...

The Home Office is to reconvene its private rental sector stakeholder panel on Right to Rent. This follows a controversial period for...

The National Approved Letting Scheme is celebrating the 500th candidate to complete its Foundation Lettings Course. Moira Devlin of Lowther Homes, in...

HomeLet says the average rent in the UK is now £947, up 0.9 per cent on last year - or up...

The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...

There are now only eight weeks left for agents to apply to join a new statutory register which comes into effect...

Rents in the UK, excluding London, are still increasing but at their slowest rate for five years. Figures from specialist lender Landbay...

CityLets, Scotland’s largest online lettings listings service, says it’s business as usual for the market north of the border despite a...

Which?, the consumer organisation which this week revealed details of an undercover investigation of 30 viewings of properties marketed by lettings...

The major legislative changes introduced in Scotland’s letting sector are a major turning point but should not be feared, says one...

A consumer group which conducted 30 undercover viewings in five different UK cities claims letting agents are showing potential tenants around...

Buy to let landlords are welcoming proposals being considered by the government to provide financial incentives for those offering longer tenancies. In...

The National Approved Letting Scheme has unveiled a new specialist training course for letting agents. The NALS Level 3 Award in Letting...

The average rent in the UK is now £919, up two per cent on the same time last year according to...

Data from Countrywide’s Hamptons International agency suggests that the number of second homes that were rented rather than purchased last year...

An electrical testing equipment firm and an MP are setting up a national campaign to demand new laws on appliance testing...

Two million tenants will this year be hit with rent rises totalling a combined £46m a month according to an online...

A major Scottish property management firm says agents and landlords south of the border should prepare now for the likely agency...

Specialist mortgage broker Commercial Trust says there was an increase in buy to let purchase activity in London during the first...

An agent has been banned from letting properties under ‘fit and proper person’ legislation in Scotland, following an incident in which...

The Scottish rental market performed solidly in the last year, with the average rent rising by 0.6 per cent to hit...

Private rental sector tenants have spent the year so far working only to pay for their accommodation, the BBC claims.  The broadcaster...

The average cost of a new let reached £951 per month in Great Britain in March - that’s up 1.7 per...

Rents have risen a negligible 0.9 per cent across the UK in the last 12 months according to HomeLet. The average monthly...

Rents in Scotland continue to grow but the rate is slowing according to the latest data from Your Move. The average rental...

One of the client money protection schemes operating in the lettings sector says he believes agents and property managers could be...

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...

Well over twice as many Scottish tenants have seen their rents rise at the start of the year compared to those...

A head of a major agency says it is misleading to suggest that tenants are evicted ‘for no reason’. Mark Pilling, the...

Build To Rent developer and operator PLATFORM_ has announced its first scheme in Scotland and an expansion of an existing development...

The man behind a leading lettings industry PropTech company says the new Code of Conduct to clean up the rental sector...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents has described the introduction of a code of conduct and official register for letting agents...

Politicians in London and Scotland are looking at new controls which could be imposed on home owners letting out their properties...

The code sets out the standards to be met by anyone engaged in lettings including specific requirements around how clients’ money...

Private rental prices paid by tenants in Great Britain rose by 1.2 per cent in the 12 months to December according...

Rental growth across Great Britain picked up in 2017 according to data released today by Countrywide.   Last year rents rose by an...

Research by the University of Sheffield is reported to show the apparent damage done by short lets on Airbnb and similar...

Countrywide says one in every 12 homes that came on to the rental market in 2017 was for sale at some...

A man is reported to have launched “a campaign of harassment” against a lettings agent just an hour after signing a...

One of Scotland’s leading lettings and estate agencies, Galbraith, has given the thumbs up to a new tenancy process introduced north...

A large shake up of the private rental sector begins in Scotland tomorrow with the introduction of Private Residential Tenancies replacing...

The Scottish rental market continued to perform strongly in the year to the end of October with the average property let for £572 on...

Stamp duty reform for first time buyers has taken pride of place in the Budget speech of Chancellor Phillip Hammond.   From today,...

A Birmingham agent has branded the government’s draft Tenant Fees Bill - which proposes a ban on letting agents’ fees on tenants...

A survey has been undertaken of the top 25 UK postcodes in terms of yields for investors - and London and...

One of the most dramatic changes in the UK’s private rental sector regulations is set to take place in five weeks...

Almost a third of renters in the UK do not have a life-saving carbon monoxide alarm in their property, with four...

Pressure from the consumer lobby is building for the introduction of a ban on letting agents’ fees levied on tenants -...

Latest data from Your Move’s rental indices suggest that rents are growing, with the average in England and Wales now £904,...

According to recent government figures, the average letting agent’s fee is £223 and 4.3 million householders pay this amount or thereabouts...

Letting agents across the UK must prepare now for a ban on fees charged to tenants says a PropTech company -...

Average rents for newly-let property across Great Britain rose to £954 per month in August, reflecting a 1.6 per cent annual...

A respected letting agency research head says Build To Rent could be a significant step towards solving the overall shortage of...

The majority of MPs speaking at a House of Commons debate yesterday acknowledged they are wary of the 'unintended consequences' of...

A report into the Scottish rental market by Your Move says letting agents north of the border are already preparing for...

Over the past few months, hundreds of agents across the UK have been improving their photography skills by taking part in...

A new report identifies in detail over 145 laws and regulations governing the private rental sector, varying across the four countries...

Equity release specialist Retirement Advantage has launched a range of products specifically for owners of Buy To Let properties.    These products will...

The average UK private rental tenancy is now 20 months, almost a fifth longer than in 2014 according to research from...

A company owned by Lomond Capital has snapped up a Scottish lettings operation with an asset value of £45m.   Lomond owns Stonehouse...

The annual rate of rental growth across Britain doubled between June and July driven by a turnaround in the London market,...

Rents are gently rising again after some months of small dips according to HomeLet.    It says the average new tenancy signed during...

Green Party politician Andy Wightman claims that £10.6m in taxes are being avoided this year due to the boom in private...

Let’s start with a quick fire quiz. How many more leads do you think you’d get with photos that have been...

The typical rent paid by tenants across Britain rose by an average of 1.8 per cent in the 12 months to...

Countrywide says the rapid growth in the size of the private rental sector in recent years is not down to a...

Purpose-built and professionally-managed Build To Rent - until now seen as a primarily London phenomenon - appears on the march in Scotland...

Proposals in Scotland for a minimum energy efficiency standard for privately let homes could damage the sector, especially in rural communities.   That’s...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

Rents in Scotland dropped 2.3 per cent on average in the month leading up to the General Election according to Your...

The UK rental market has seen a slump of 11.6 per cent in available stock over the last six years, according...

A crowdfunding campaign for a legal challenge against the rollout of the Right to Rent scheme is nearing its funding target. With...

Who are you? Rebecca Johnston What does it say on your business card? Managing Director (TDS Custodial) What is TDS Custodial? TDS Custodial is a government-approved...

The prospect of today's General Election as well as ongoing uncertainty surrounding Britain's exit from the European Union is having a...

Average UK rents fell in May, according to the latest HomeLet Rental Index. The figures show that the average UK rent on...

Uber and a Build To Rent developer have announced a PropTech deal which will see the transport company getting involved in...

The first letting agents to have completed a new training course aimed at improving services for tenants and landlords have graduated.    Some...

Immigration charity Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) has this week launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for...

As the end of the academic year approaches, one deposit protection scheme is urging student tenants to reclaim their deposits.  SafeDeposits Scotland...

A buy to let expert says there should be stronger enforcement and streamlining of legislation in the private rental sector. In a...

A seven per cent fall in the number of EU students seeking places at UK universities, matched with a 4.3 per...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...

Scotland’s rental market swings to extremes, suggests the latest figures from website Citylets.   On the one hand the Scottish average rent has...

A tenant has been tracked down after a year-long exercise and has now picked up the deposit he forgot to collect...

ARLA Propertymark representatives have met with Home Office officials in Cardiff and Edinburgh ahead of the government’s roll-out of Right To...

Belvoir says new figures from across its network of agents shows that the government is wrong to claim that renting is...

Scotland’s largest professional organisation for letting agents is urging all those in the rental sector to ensure they are fully compliant with...

The Law Society of Scotland is urging letting agents to prepare for a new code of practice coming into force north...

The head of MartinCo, the country’s largest franchise agency group, says the government’s buy to let tax changes and lettings fee...

A damning critique of the one-year-old Right To Rent legislation in England suggests that the government is largely unaware of its...

A Scottish agency group has announced that it has acquired a lettings business in order to move into the short-term lettings...

Average private rents in Scotland at the national level recorded an uncharacteristic dip in the final quarter of 2016, down 0.9...

  The average rent paid for a home in the UK outside London hit £750 in December, rising by 2.04 per cent...

Letting agents’ fees levied on tenants - already banned in Scotland and now likely to be banned in England according to...

A trade body claims that 47 per cent of landlords would cease to use letting agents if their profits began to...

Agency chain Spicerhaart is warning that tenants could pay up to three times as much as they currently do, if tenant...

The proportion of private landlords in arrears is substantially under half the proportion of owner occupiers in the same position according...

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

The average rent for a UK property grew by a negligible 0.05 per cent in October, despite a tiny fall in...

Specialist Build To Rent developer Moda has announced a large scheme on the site of a former police headquarters in Scotland...

Rents are rising faster in northern cities than those in the south, narrowing the divide between the two halves of the...

The rate of rental growth has dipped to its lowest annual rate this year - prices are up three per cent...

Letting agents and landlords across Scotland have been invited to check they are up to speed with current regulations at a...

Buyer enquiries from potential landlords and investors are now up 30 per cent since May according to Rightmove, suggesting that the...

The local press serving the area of Kirkcaldy is reporting concern about a local letting agent after numerous tenants and landlords...

To coincide with students' return to university, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, SELECT, has launched a radio campaign to...

SafeDeposits Scotland has announced that Ian Potter will succeed Sir Andrew Cubie as the organisation's chairman. Potter, who has been on the...

The UK's largest franchise agency has expanded into the Orkney Islands.  Belvoir's Amjed Rasul, owner of its Inverness franchise, has acquired Orkney...

Some 21 per cent of buy to let investors are too embarrassed to admit what they do.   That is the result of a...

A raft of regulatory and legal changes for letting agents in Scotland in 2018 is being flagged up by the Association...

A letting agency has been removed from a Scottish council’s approved list after failing to conform with rules protecting the deposits...

Average rents paid by tenants across Great Britain rose by 2.4 per cent in the 12 months to July, according to...

The BBC is claiming that vulnerable families are being exploited by rogue landlords in Glasgow - including in the constituency for...

The Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the border - has spoken...

Rents across the UK are still rising but the rate of growth continues to slow.   Data from HomeLet shows that rents agreed...

A lettings agency has become the first in Scotland to be sanctioned for breaching rules that secure the deposits of its...

Rents in Scotland are at a record high, after the fastest month-on-month growth on record.  Data from Your Move shows that average...

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

Lettings volumes have taken a sharp downward trend in May according to board company Agency Express. New listings were down 11.9 per...

Around 30 per cent of private rental sector landlords are still undecided about whether they will vote to leave or remain...

Tenancy deposits in England and Wales are typically £100 dearer than the Scottish equivalent.  Between June 2015 and May 2016, the average...