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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

Scotland’s new Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - passed this week by politicians at Holyrood - represents a dark day...
01 July 2022
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Another prominent industry voice is warning of the dangers of the Scottish Government’s new eviction policies. So far the National Residential Landlords...
30 June 2022
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Propertymark is questioning whether the Scottish Government is adequately funding the First-tier Tribunal to cope with any extra demand placed on...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News

A Parliamentary group currently investigating the possible implementation of rent controls is to be joined by a senior figure from Propertymark. The...
07 June 2022
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A claim by the activists running the Generation Rent group has been branded as “misleading” by Propertymark. Generation Rent claims its research...
27 May 2022
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Three organisations have written a joint open letter to the Scottish Government warning that the supply of homes for rent –...
09 May 2022
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ARLA Propertymark is the latest rental industry organisation to hit out at what it calls the “tenant-centred approach” being taken to...
26 April 2022
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Rightmove’s April webinars for agents continue today with Daryl Mcintosh, Policy Manager at Propertymark, giving a legal and compliance update for...
06 April 2022
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One of the country’s most outspoken advocates of rent controls has been told why agents and landlords oppose them. Propertymark has hosted...
28 March 2022
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A warning has gone out to politicians from lettings agency trade body ARLA Propertymark - don’t try to fix a system...
16 March 2022
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A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...
03 March 2022
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The increasingly shrill anti-landlord rhetoric from some politicians is making it harder for tenants, claims a leading industry spokesman. John Blackwood, chief...
02 March 2022
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Propertymark has waded into the controversy surrounding regulations removing extended notice periods in Scotland. The notice periods for residential tenancies - extended...
28 February 2022
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A leading figure in the PropTech sector says more regulation could make the rental sector fairer, more transparent and ultimately more...
25 February 2022
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A radical overhaul of the private rental sector is underway in Scotland and agents’ body Propertymark says it wants all sides...
21 February 2022
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A prominent lettings agency chief says a consultation looking at changes to private renting proposed by the Scottish Government is merely...
18 February 2022
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The Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland wants to investigate the existing qualification and training requirements for letting agencies in that...
02 February 2022
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New measures to reduce the impact of Airbnb and other short lets in Scotland are “hugely disproportionate” a property group claims. The Scottish...
21 January 2022
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Wales and Scotland are ahead of the game when it comes to limiting the impact of short term lets on the...
18 January 2022
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EU citizens with settled status in the UK, but who have stayed in their native countries during the pandemic, are likely...
17 January 2022
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Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...
05 January 2022
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The coming year should be about promoting harmony in the lettings market says the head of an agency that’s now part of a...
04 January 2022
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An agency has issued a statement strongly rejecting the negative mood music surrounding the private rental sector. Chris Wood and Ross McDonald...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Propertymark has strongly opposed a proposal by the Scottish Government to radically reform the private rental sector. The proposals put out for...
23 December 2021
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The lettings agency boss at the centre of a major industry takeover has fired a warning shot about rent controls and...
22 December 2021
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Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...
21 December 2021
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Proposals to regulate Airbnbs and other short lets in one part of the UK should be modified, a trade body says. Currently,...
01 November 2021
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Airbnb has backed the Scottish Government's backtrack on pledges to exercise more centralised regulation over short let properties. The country’s ruling SNP-Green coalition...
12 October 2021
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The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...
11 October 2021
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Councils across Scotland have been given £10m to provide grants to tenants who have Covid-related arrears and risk eviction. The grants will...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News

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

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

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
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A consultation is to begin next month regarding the designation of an entire city as a Short Term Let Control Area. If...
11 August 2021
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There was much publicity this week for the efforts of the Welsh Government to deter the letting of second homes. Now it...
09 July 2021
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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
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Propertymark has accused the Scottish Government of rushing through the latest eviction ban extension without proper consultation. At the end of last...
28 June 2021
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Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...
21 June 2021
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Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...
07 June 2021
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A first attempt to regulate Airbnb-style short lets through licensing has been withdrawn. The SNP-led Scottish Government had drawn up a licensing...
22 February 2021
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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
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Propertymark is making it clear that rent controls are not the way to operate an efficient lettings market. In a formal response...
04 January 2021
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A council in Scotland is set to be the first to introduce regulations for Airbnb and similar platforms in the short lets sector. ARLA...
11 December 2020
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A renters’ union in Scotland claims a proposal to cap rents in the country doesn’t go far enough. The Scottish Parliament’s Local...
09 December 2020
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The announcement of the Renters’ Reform Bill in the Queen’s speech last December caused a collective groan across the country from...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance

Rental operators specialising in short lets are signing up to a tracking study to assess the sector’s size and significance. The exercise...
29 October 2020
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Scotland must encourage more investors into its property market as a way of supporting its economy once the Coronavirus recedes according...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

There have been more Coronavirus-inspired changes to lettings regulations in Scotland. Firstly the Scottish Government has passed the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment...
29 September 2020
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A consultation process by the Scottish Government may herald stricter restrictions on Airbnb and similar short let platforms north of the border. The...
22 September 2020
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents is urging its members to write to their MPs over the provision of cash help...
07 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Pressure is building on the UK government to ensure England follows the example of both Scotland and Wales and creates a...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News

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

A group of Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs have together claimed that England could witness "a new wave of homelessness" when...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

The campaigning pressure group Generation Rent has returned to the battle to win an extension to the current evictions ban in...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A council with a large number of short let properties within its boundaries is urging owners to convert them to traditional...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Agents and landlords of private rented homes are urging the Scottish Government to continue work on improving the energy efficiency of...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The Scottish government has announced a £5m fund that will offer interest-free loans to landlords whose tenants are having difficulty paying...
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...
17 April 2020
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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
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A lettings agency in one of the most competitive markets in Britain says it’s enjoyed a record year winning landlords from...
05 February 2020
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New research claims that one in every 50 homes in the capital is let on a short-term platform like Airbnb or...
24 January 2020
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The new body representing short let digital platforms like Airbnb and the large number of associated companies that have sprung up...
23 January 2020
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A leading agency in a part of the UK where local government wants to clamp down on the spread of Airbnb...
17 January 2020
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A leading property industry figure says Airbnb is attempting to persuade traditional buy to let landlords into going down the short-let...
13 January 2020
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The Association of Residential Lettings Agents has thrown its weight behind an initiative by the Scottish Government to control the growth...
10 January 2020
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A leading London lettings agent wants increased regulation over Airbnb in a bid to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour. Martin Bikhit, managing...
07 November 2019
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The Scottish Government says it’s looking at whether to regulate Airbnb and other short let activities after a consultation found widespread...
04 November 2019
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There’s a warning from a leading agent that the unregulated proliferation of Airbnb-style short lets will lead to mainstream rent rises...
30 September 2019
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A lettings group says the high-profile struggle performers at the Edinburgh Fringe now face to find affordable short-term accommodation was entirely...
08 August 2019
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Over-regulation of short-term let accommodation in some areas of rural Scotland could pose a risk to rural tourism, a business organisation...
23 July 2019
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The Scottish Government is investigating 114 businesses suspected of carrying out letting agency work without registration and has issued 86 compliance...
08 May 2019
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The head of a major property management firm says the controversial proposal to scrap Section 21 eviction powers for landlords is...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A Scottish mediation company and the SafeDeposits Scotland Trust are to create eight workshops aiming to improve relationships between agents, landlords,...
15 March 2019
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Almost the entire lettings industry has viewed the upcoming ban on tenants fees levied by agents in England and Wales as...
31 January 2019
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Disrepair in communal areas of private blocks is to be tackled in a new series of seminars for letting agents and...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The stamp duty surcharge - which across the rest of Britain is currently three per cent on additional homes such as...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

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
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Newton Property, a lettings management company in Scotland, is spending £100,000 on installing electric car charging points in properties it manages. It...
13 December 2018
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The Scottish Government’s private rental reforms are shaking up the sector according to new data, which reveals rental property sales have...
16 August 2018
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The proportion of visitors to Edinburgh using Airbnb surged 70 per cent in 2017 compared to the previous year. Commercial agency Colliers,...
03 August 2018
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Campaigning group Generation Rent has secured over 20,000 signatures for a petition it says will “end unfair evictions”. The petition, on the...
23 July 2018
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The major legislative changes introduced in Scotland’s letting sector are a major turning point but should not be feared, says one...
11 July 2018
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The Association of Residential Letting Agents has described the introduction of a code of conduct and official register for letting agents...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Politicians in London and Scotland are looking at new controls which could be imposed on home owners letting out their properties...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The code sets out the standards to be met by anyone engaged in lettings including specific requirements around how clients’ money...
31 January 2018
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A large shake up of the private rental sector begins in Scotland tomorrow with the introduction of Private Residential Tenancies replacing...
30 November 2017
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One of the most dramatic changes in the UK’s private rental sector regulations is set to take place in five weeks...
23 October 2017
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Green Party politician Andy Wightman claims that £10.6m in taxes are being avoided this year due to the boom in private...
07 August 2017
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Proposals in Scotland for a minimum energy efficiency standard for privately let homes could damage the sector, especially in rural communities. That’s...
05 July 2017
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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
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The Scottish Government has opened formal consultation on its attempts to introduce minimum standards of energy efficiency for the private rented...
13 April 2017
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Scotland’s largest professional organisation for letting agents is urging all those in the rental sector to ensure they are fully compliant with...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A raft of regulatory and legal changes for letting agents in Scotland in 2018 is being flagged up by the Association...
06 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The Scottish Association of Landlords - which represents letting agents as well as landlords north of the border - has spoken...
16 August 2016
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Rents in Scotland are at a record high, after the fastest month-on-month growth on record. Data from Your Move shows that average...
22 June 2016
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The British Property Federation says George Osborne’s stamp duty surcharge will threaten the success of the Build To Rent sector, which...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

A land-owners’ group is upset at the Scottish Government’s alleged “disregard” for estate- and land-owners to be able to gain vacant...
25 January 2016
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The Scottish Government is to announce today whether it is replicating the three per cent stamp duty hike on buy to...
16 December 2015
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Scottish Land & Estates, a body representing private landowners north of the border, says it is positive about proposals to improve...
18 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Select, the trade body for Scotland's electrical sector, is reminding agents and landlords that from December 1 there must be five-yearly electrical...
06 November 2015
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A long-established letting agency and a campaign group have joined forces to analyse a UK government's private rental sector reform proposals...
08 October 2015
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With perhaps ironic timing, rents across some parts of Scotland are falling - just as the Scottish Government prepares to outline...
07 October 2015
From: Breaking News

Scottish rents have fallen month-on-month for the first time since the start of the year - and rent controls may make...
24 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation period for its proposed Code of Practice for Letting Agents. The proposed Code of Practice...
26 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Over 7,000 responses have been received in the second round of consultation over the Scottish Government’s proposals for private rental sector...
14 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A new director of The Property Ombudsman in Scotland and chief executive of one of that country’s major letting agencies ia...
14 May 2015
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The Chartered Institute of Housing has welcomed Scottish Government moves to make private renting more secure for tenants. In its submission to...
13 May 2015
From: Breaking News

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