The last 24 months have seen so many changes across every aspect of our lives. This has been no different for property landlords. With an ever-changing landscape of legislation pre-pandemic, this area of the property sector has had a lot to consider and comply with, which has continued apace. When looking at the key challenges …
Read more >Letting professionals in the private rented sector (PRS) have been reporting worryingly low stock property levels for some time now, and the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) is concerned that the already difficult situation is only going to get worse in the months and years to come, leaving hundreds of renters high and dry. Scotland’s …
Read more >Introduced at the start of the pandemic to protect tenants from eviction, the extended notice periods for residential tenancies, in both public and private rented sectors, will expire on 30th March 2022, the Scottish Government has announced. This means that the provision in the Coronavirus Recovery and Reform (Scotland) Bill to extend the notice periods …
Read more >It has been reported that the Edinburgh’s rental market is allegedly dominated by a small group of so called ‘super landlords’. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed that around nine percent of the private rented sector in the Scotland’s capital city is owned by just 15 landlords whose entire property portfolio adds up to …
Read more >The rising cost of energy bills is a hot topic at the moment, and an area of great concern for many. Help is available though. Background to ECO and the drive towards net zero Since 2010 the UK Government has been running initiatives aimed at improving the energy performance rating of properties, particularly those which are …
Read more >The Scottish Government has approved new legislation under which all short term let properties must have a license by July 2024. In line with the new regulations, all local authorities will have until 1st October 2022 to establish a short term lets licensing scheme, and existing hosts and operators will be required to apply for …
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