Mike Smith, Operations Manager of SafeDeposits Scotland joins Gillian Semmler for episode 30 of Lets Talk. Mike chats about why there was a need for tenancy deposit schemes to be introduced and discusses the various services that his organisation offers to landlords, tenants and agents. Mike gives advice on common issues and how to avoid …
Read more >A new poll has found that the national lockdown introduced in March 2020, made tenants in shared accommodation reconsider their preferences for a flatmate. According to the Barclays Money survey of 1,200 people across the UK who have shared apartments and houses in the past 12 months or are currently flat sharing, six in 10 …
Read more >Small-scale landlords with only one property or a small portfolio, are viewed as high quality providers in many tenants’ eyes, a new study has revealed. Rent Better, a three-year research programme on the impact of private rented sector tenancy reform in Scotland (namely the introduction of the new Private Residential Tenancy which replaced the Short …
Read more >Following Western Lettings recent Scottish Homes award of highly commended for ‘Residential Lettings Team of the Year’, founder Jack Gallagher, joins Lets Talk to chat about the commendation. Western Lettings are a multi award winning agency who, over the last few years, have won ‘Scotland Agency of the Year’ (GOLD), as well as ‘Small Letting …
Read more >The Scottish property market continued to perform well from August to October 2020, with the average selling price in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders up 7.9% compared to last year, to £270,983, according to ESPC’s latest House Price Report. The most notable price increase of 20.6% year-on-year (YOY), was recorded in the Scottish …
Read more >Working from home has become the new normal for a vast number of people due to the global pandemic, and the way we think and feel about where we live has naturally changed as a result. A recent research from Uswitch’s Remote Working Index 2020 looked into which towns and cities across the UK offer …
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