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25 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
![Warning: rental reform could mean rewriting tenancy agreements](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
A lawyer says radical rental reforms proposed for Scotland - which could be a model for change in England and Wales...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Details emerge of permanent rent control proposal](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The controversial minister who steered rent controls through the Scottish Parliament has contacted Propertymark to reveal details of the next stage. Patrick...
05 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Insurance Register must be free to use to help rental sector - ARLA](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalYields-2-400x310.png)
ARLA Propertymark has responded to the Scottish Parliament’s examination of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill, calling for clarity on contributions...
29 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fairer Rental Sector is key Propertymark demand for Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Propertymark has laid out its proposals to the Scottish Government ahead of its 2024-25 Budget next week. The letting agents’ trade body...
15 December 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
![Politicians told - You’re wrong on additional homes tax surcharge](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Propertymark has told politicians that an additional homes tax will not succeed in increasing housing supply. Timothy Douglas, head of policy and...
23 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
![Strict Airbnb controls still on the agenda says politician](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
The Scottish Government does not intend to abandon its licensing scheme for Airbnbs and other short term lets, nor to delay...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls backfire - Propertymark speaks out](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Propertymark has given details of how it believes the Scottish Government rent control system has backfired and works against the interests...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters Reform Bill - politicians demand series of extra restrictions](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
The co-leader of the Green Party wants the Renters Reform Bill to go further in restricting the powers of private landlords. Carla...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent control law backfires as agents see landlords selling up](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
The Scottish Parliament’s so called Cost of Living Act - imposing rent controls on the private sector - is backfiring. That’s the...
27 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents tell government - get your act together](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark has told a UK government to stop ignore the damaging effect of its policies on the private rental sector. An outspoken...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Freeze and Eviction Ban to continue until autumn at least](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Banned_400x310.png)
The controversial ban on private rental sector rent rises and evictions is to continue in Scotland for another six months at...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Rent Freeze politician in war of words with Propertymark chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentFreeze-400x310.png)
Propertymark has become embroiled in a war of words with a Scottish politician who has made a series of anti-agent and...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Buy To Let Tax Surcharge - agent puts politician on the spot](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
One of the politicians backing a tax surcharge on the purchase of second homes and buy to lets has been put...
30 December 2022
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 forcing landlords to consider quitting - Propertymark](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/EvictionNotice-400x310.png)
No fewer than 85 per cent of letting agents say that landlord clients have expressed a wish to sell up in...
14 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Don't you dare freeze rents - agents' body tells politicians](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentalDemand-400x310.png)
Propertymark says there’s already been a decline in the number of homes available for rent in Scotland because of rising costs...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent freeze threatens social housing too, say housing associations](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RentFreeze-400x310.png)
The Scottish Federation of Housing Associations says its members are key to tackling the cost of living crisis but rent freezes,...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lobby politicians to stop rent controls killing supply - agency chief](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/business-competition400x310.png)
The Belvoir Group is warning that the housing crisis within the Scottish private rental sector is rapidly worsening, thanks to the...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent freeze “chaos” as politician cannot give details - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/360x280_Return_on_Time.png)
* Angels Media and Letting Agent Today are deeply saddened by the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II * - The controversial rent...
09 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Labour rent freeze aims to “re-direct profit back to workers”](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Labour-logo400x310.png)
A prominent Labour politician in Scotland has made an outspoken attack on the private landlord sector in her call for an...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pressure mounts on politicians to relax proposed eviction rules change](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/NoteOfEviction.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ body queries ability of courts to cope with possessions](/upload/images/Coronavirus/CoronavirusLockdown-400x310.jpg)
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
![Mayors may get new powers over Airbnb and short lets sector](/upload/images/Logos/AirbnbLogo-400x310.jpg)
Speculation in national newspapers suggests that the government is considering giving local mayors some powers over parts of the private rented...
28 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![New regulations could “devastate” rental supply - warning](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rent Controls - body discussing implementation recruits top agency figure](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/BusinessResults-400x310-.jpg)
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
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
![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
![Latest eviction ban extension “rushed through” says ARLA](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Eviction ban extension: Propertymark squares up for a fight](/img/default/lat.png)
Tomorrow sees the start of a three-day debate over the extension of the eviction ban in Scotland - and Propertymark appears...
21 June 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
![New fire and smoke alarm laws delayed until early 2022](/img/default/lat.png)
The Scottish Parliament has postponed new fire and smoke alarm legislation for 12 months. This move, by its local government committee, follows...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rent Control legislation doesn’t go far enough, claims tenants' group](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Eviction ban set to be extended in Scotland - will rest of UK follow?](/img/default/lat.png)
The ban on evictions in the private rented sector looks almost certain to be extended until March next year in Scotland...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Industry self-regulation now moves centre-stage says PropTech chief](/img/default/lat.png)
A leading PropTech figure says a political issue north of the border demonstrates the advantages of voluntary industry codes of practice over...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Bid to introduce cap on rent rises abandoned by parliamentarians](/img/default/lat.png)
A Bill which would have introduced a general cap on rent increases in the private rental sector has been abandoned by...
07 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - city where ‘two in every 13 homes are listed on Airbnb’](/img/default/lat.png)
A senior Labour politician has claimed that there is a city in the UK where two out of every 13 residential...
25 June 2019
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
![Politician says £10m tax may be avoided via short lets in one city alone](/img/default/lat.png)
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
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
![Concern growing over fate of letting agency and clients' money](/img/default/lat.png)
The local press serving the area of Kirkcaldy is reporting concern about a local letting agent after numerous tenants and landlords...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![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
![Government urged to amend tenancy bill to protect rural landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
Two organisations are appealing to Scottish Ministers to ensure that businesses have the ability to supply accommodation for workers in rural...
17 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![Estate owners upset over bid to limit 'tied cottage' vacant possession](/img/default/lat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Rents ease in Scotland - just as rent caps are considered by lawmakers](/img/default/lat.png)
Typical rents in Scotland are down from £757 per month to £747 according to Citylets - just as the Private Housing...