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A council has purchased some 40 properties to avoid them becoming holiday homes and Airbnbs. Highland council in Scotland is spending up...

The politician who is arguably the country’s most powerful advocate of rent controls is to address a Propertymark conference. Patrick Harvie, Scotland’s...

Scotland’s new Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - passed this week by politicians at Holyrood - represents a dark day...

Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...

Propertymark is questioning whether the Scottish Government is adequately funding the First-tier Tribunal to cope with any extra demand placed on...

A Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...

A claim by the activists running the Generation Rent group has been branded as “misleading” by Propertymark. Generation Rent claims its research...

Three organisations have written a joint open letter to the Scottish Government warning that the supply of homes for rent –...

ARLA Propertymark is the latest rental industry organisation to hit out at what it calls the “tenant-centred approach” being taken to...

Rightmove’s April webinars for agents continue today with Daryl Mcintosh, Policy Manager at Propertymark, giving a legal and compliance update for...

One of the country’s most outspoken advocates of rent controls has been told why agents and landlords oppose them. Propertymark has hosted...

A warning has gone out to politicians from lettings agency trade body ARLA Propertymark - don’t try to fix a system...

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...

Propertymark has waded into the controversy surrounding regulations removing extended notice periods in Scotland. The notice periods for residential tenancies - extended...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer, more transparent and ultimately more...

A radical overhaul of the private rental sector is underway in Scotland and agents’ body Propertymark says it wants all sides...

A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...

The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland wants to investigate the existing qualification and training requirements for letting agencies in that...

New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...

Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...

EU citizens with settled status in the UK, but who have stayed in their native countries during the pandemic, are likely...

Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...

The coming year should be about promoting harmony in the lettings market says the head of an agency that’s now part of a...

An agency has issued a statement strongly rejecting the negative mood music surrounding the private rental sector. Chris Wood and Ross McDonald...

Propertymark has strongly opposed a proposal by the Scottish Government to radically reform the private rental sector. The proposals put out for...

The lettings agency boss at the centre of a major industry takeover has fired a warning shot about rent controls and...

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

Proposals to regulate Airbnbs and other short lets in one part of the UK should be modified, a trade body says. Currently,...

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...

The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...

Councils across Scotland have been given £10m to provide grants to tenants who have Covid-related arrears and risk eviction. The grants will...

ARLA Propertymark has voiced its concern over rent controls to a politicians who is leading the charge to introduce them to...

A senior lettings agent and property management company owner has set out how rent controls could work in very specific circumstances...

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

A consultation is to begin next month regarding the designation of an entire city as a Short Term Let Control Area. If...

There was much publicity this week for the efforts of the Welsh Government to deter the letting of second homes. Now it...

A fund instituted by Airbnb to help compensate for the effects of short let accommodation should be extended, local politicians say. In...

Propertymark has accused the Scottish Government of rushing through the latest eviction ban extension without proper consultation. At the end of last...

Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...

Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...

A first attempt to regulate Airbnb-style short lets through licensing has been withdrawn. The SNP-led Scottish Government had drawn up a licensing...

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

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

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...

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

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance.  The exercise...

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

The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...

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 group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have together claimed that England could witness "a new wave of homelessness" when...

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

A council with a large number of short let properties within its boundaries is urging owners to convert them to traditional...

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

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...

One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...

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

New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...

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

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 leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

The proportion of visitors to Edinburgh using Airbnb surged 70 per cent in 2017 compared to the previous year. Commercial agency Colliers,...

Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

The Scottish Government has opened formal consultation on its attempts to introduce minimum standards of energy efficiency for the private rented...

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

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

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

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

The British Property Federation says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge will threaten the success of the Build To Rent sector, which...

A land-owners’ group is upset at the Scottish Government’s alleged “disregard” for estate- and land-owners to be able to gain vacant...

The Scottish Government is to announce today whether it is replicating the three per cent stamp duty hike on buy to...

Scottish Land & Estates, a body representing private landowners north of the border, says it is positive about proposals to improve...

Select, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, is reminding agents and landlords that from December 1 there must be five-yearly electrical...

A long-established letting agency and a campaign group have joined forces to analyse a UK government's private rental sector reform proposals...

With perhaps ironic timing, rents across some parts of Scotland are falling - just as the Scottish Government prepares to outline...

Scottish rents have fallen month-on-month for the first time since the start of the year - and rent controls may make...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation period for its proposed Code of Practice for Letting Agents.  The proposed Code of Practice...

Over 7,000 responses have been received in the second round of consultation over the Scottish Government’s proposals for private rental sector...

A new director of The Property Ombudsman in Scotland and chief executive of one of that country’s major letting agencies ia...

The Chartered Institute of Housing has welcomed Scottish Government moves to make private renting more secure for tenants. In its submission to...

The chief executive of the Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the...

The policies of the SNP-controlled Scottish Government risks leading to an exodus of landlords as a result of the removal of...