Home ownership comes with many responsibilities. The prices of residential properties have skyrocketed today, making it difficult for potential home buyers to fund their dream homes. High real estate prices in the United Kingdom are nothing new, but the stamp duty holiday prompted the buyers’ rush to purchase properties before the end of the tax …
Read more >Looking to rent a property in Edinburgh? Here are some frequently asked questions to put your mind at ease before you go through the renting process. How should I begin looking for a property? Be organised. Register on rental websites and set up alerts for the type of property you’re looking to rent in your …
Read more >Episode 72 features founder of Colin McShane Interior Styling. Established in 2008, Colin talks about the history of the company and why his previous experiences in auctioneering and property management led him to create the business. Colin chats about the main elements of property staging and how it maximises the potential of a property. Often …
Read more >Defended Tribunal applications inevitably lead to delays in the process for landlords in terms of recovery. This is in addition to the enforcement of eviction delays due to the eviction moratorium. One could not be criticised for suggesting that the balance of fairness now appears to be heavily weighted in favour of the tenant both …
Read more >Despite research and urgent calls to the Scottish Government to end the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022, it has announced yet another extension to the legislation beyond 30th September 2023 for an additional six months. If voted in, not only will the temporary legislation continue to damage landlords struggling with spiralling costs …
Read more >The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection)(Scotland) Act 2022 (the Act) came into force on 28th October 2022 and introduced what was described by the Scottish Government as “emergency measures” to respond to the cost of living crisis. With the Act we got the rent cap (originally a rent freeze) and the eviction moratorium which operates …
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