A recent study has revealed that more than half of tenants in the UK are happy renting, with 35% stating they have no plans to ever buy a property. Out of the 2,000 respondents paying on average £650 in rent per calendar month, 43% have been renting for 6 to 10 years and further 15% …
Read more >The concept of settling down and investing in a property by the age of 23 is something that most people would find a scary prospect. This was the way of life for the baby boomer generation. Millennials are taking a different approach to life in the ever-changing economic and social climate. Nowadays it’s completely normal …
Read more >Following a review of houses of multiple occupancy (HMO) by Glasgow City Council’s Licensing and Regulatory Committee, stricter rules will come into effect to help reduce the impact that HMOs can have on local communities. Areas of concerns linked to HMOs A number of concerns associated with HMOs in Glasgow and in particular in the …
Read more >Scotland seems to be attracting increasing numbers of landlords who reside south of the border. SafeDeposits Scotland has recorded a sharp rise in tenancy deposit registrations from English landlords for properties in Scotland in the past few years. Since 2012, the number has risen by over 430% and this growing trend is set to continue. …
Read more >With so much change in the Scottish lettings market in recent years, Gillian invited Daryl McIntosh from ARLA Propertymark for Episode 2 of the Lets Talk podcast channel. Daryl is Strategic Development Manager for Scotland and was happy to gives his views on the effects of recent changes to Scottish letting, from the Private Residential …
Read more >A routine property inspection led to a rather shocking discovery when a letting agent came across plants growing under specialist lights in a tenant’s bedroom and assumed they were cannabis. Growing concern One of The Key Place’s newer members of staff went to carry out an inspection at a property in Falkirk where they had …
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