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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...

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...