Each year a significant number of tenants across Scotland fails to claim back their deposit at the end of the tenancy. Fresh data from SafeDeposits Scotland suggests that as much as £697,554 is currently due to tenants who had forgotten to claim their deposit back when moving homes. This amount translates to a total of …
Read more >The Department for Social Security (DSS) ceased to exist in 2001, however, the term ‘No DSS’ has been used in property listings up until recently to indicate that recipients of housing benefits would not be accepted for a particular property. This was mainly due to the fact that certain mortgage and insurance providers would stipulate …
Read more >With the Private Rented Sector (PRS) having experienced a roller coaster property ride for the majority of this year, Gillian invited Steve Coyle, Managing Director of Cullen Property on the Lets Talk podcast to discuss his views on how they adapted to the effects of the pandemic and talk about the ‘new norm’ for letting …
Read more >It is reported that more than 300 women a year in Edinburgh alone flee their homes to escape domestic abuse. The current housing legislation doesn’t equip social landlords with appropriate legal tools to evict perpetrators from rented accommodation, without serving the notice on their victims at the same time. Housing groups, including Chartered Institute of …
Read more >Following calls for direct financial support to tenants who are falling into rent arrears due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Scottish Government has established a £10 million Tenant Hardship Loan Fund. Part of a wider package, the fund will offer interest-free loans to tenants who can’t access other forms of support for their rent payments. …
Read more >Director of Leasing at Aberdein Considine, Adrian Sangster joins Gillian Semmler for episode 24 of Lets Talk. 2020 marked Adrian’s 30 years with the company and he chats about how he’d thought he’d seen it all, until this year. Adrian discusses the effects of the pandemic over the last five months on the Scottish PRS, …
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