The Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 represents one of the most wide-ranging reforms of Scotland’s private rented sector in recent years. Since Rory Cowan of BKF & Co last joined the podcast in 2022, rent controls have returned to the centre of housing policy, alongside a broader strengthening of tenant protections. While the Act has now …
Read more >In what is set to be a pretty full-on year for the Private Rented Sector (PRS), a gentle introduction to 2026 is provided by examining the most recent report on the work of the First-tier Tribunal: Housing and Property Chamber (the Tribunal) and what that may say about the broader PRS as a whole. The …
Read more >On 21st January 2026 draft regulations – Top of Form Bottom of Form The Investigation and Commencement of Repair (Scotland) Regulations 2026 – were laid before the Scottish Parliament. The regulations are a significant milestone in Scotland’s efforts to improve rented housing conditions by introducing new duties on private landlords to strengthen tenants’ rights and …
Read more >With ‘More Homes Scotland’ announced on 22 January, the Scottish Government will need to avoid introducing legislation that would be a barrier to the delivery of new homes. With the Building Safety Levy (Scotland) Bill having passed Stage 1 of the Scottish Parliament’s legislative process on 8 January 2026, Propertymark continues to highlight that introducing an additional blanket charge on new …
Read more >January has arrived and with it comes an influx of gym memberships and diets, with everyone making their New Year’s resolutions as they begin 2026 with new goals, aspirations, and plans. The word “resolution” however is what’s known as a homonym, and here we’re talking about a completely different meaning for the word – as …
Read more >Ahead of the Scottish Budget on 13 January 2026, Propertymark has recommended that the Scottish Government should prioritise boosting housing supply, stating that failing to act now risks deepening Scotland’s already critical housing shortage. The Scottish Government has committed to building 110,000 homes by 2032, yet the latest Housing Quarterly Statistics to the end of September 2025 shows a slow-down in building. There were 14,225 private sector …
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