Sharpen your pencils as the deadline for entries in the national awards competition which celebrates and recognises achievements in Scottish housing is fast approaching. The Scottish Home Awards has a wide range of categories, one of which is the Residential Letting Team of the Year sponsored by Citylets for the fifth consecutive year. With just …
Read more >Jo Parry-Geddes, Associate and Conservation Architect with Mill Architects joins Lets Talk host, Gillian Semmler for episode 51 to answer some of the most frequently asked questions regarding housing standards and repairs within the Private Rented Sector (PRS). Jo gives advice and shares scenarios that may concern landlords/property owners – from a notice being served …
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 >Lets Talk celebrates its 50th episode by Cox and Co’s MD John Cox and his Business Development Manager, Neill Bukes joining host, Gillian Semmler to chat about the change of structure and expansion within the organisation. The appointment of Neill’s position is a clear indication of John’s aims to ‘get his teeth into the growth …
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 …
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