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Green Party activists responsible for rent controls on Scotland have now slammed landlords who claim the number of rented homes is...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A lack of Energy Performance Certificate enforcement is putting tenants at risk from high energy costs or cold homes, according to...
23 December 2023
From: The Big Issues
A Conservative politician has named an individual who he claims is responsible for high rent rises and increasing homelessness. Murdo Fraser, the...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
The long running experiment with rent controls and an eviction ban north of the border may yet continue for years to...
18 August 2023
From: Breaking News
This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...
02 June 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The Scottish Government, despite being in the middle of electing a new First Minister, is pressing ahead with legislation for long-term...
06 March 2023
From: Breaking News
There are early signs that the controversial private rental sector rent freeze in Scotland could be made permanent. The freeze, along with...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Landlords are not “contributing anything useful to society” a politician has claimed. Over the Christmas and New year break Ross Greer, a...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A combination of Labour, the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists have pushed through a rent freeze proposal. The Cost of Living...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The politician who is the architect of an emergency private sector rent freeze set to come into force this week has attacked...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The controversial rent freeze policy in Scotland has been described as being “in chaos” by a top lettings agency chief. In a...
12 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The housing chief of the Scottish Government says that all homes in that country - irrespective of tenure - must hit...
15 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A newspaper is suggesting that proposals for rent controls could be scuppered because of the relatively large proportion of elected politicians...
18 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The UK’s first Minister for Tenants’ Rights says he will introduce rent controls because renters currently “pay way over the odds”. Although...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A tenant organisation has written to almost 130 politicians asking them to do more to protect renters - especially lone females -...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...
14 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
A warning has been issued that a bid to curb private rental sector rents in Scotland could well backfire with more...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Labour politicians, union leaders and Shelter are amongst those writing to Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon demanding an eviction ban. The protest...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The recent decision to abolish The Fair Rents (Scotland) Bill demonstrates the difficulty of introducing lettings regulation amid ongoing uncertainty, while...
13 August 2020
From: Breaking News
New VR technology has been launched that will allow prospective homebuyers, including property investors, an opportunity to view developments, ahead of...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The Scottish government is consulting on introducing rent controls north of the border with a view to protecting private sector tenants...
11 June 2019
From: Breaking News
The so-called housing charity, Shelter, targeted Ludlow Thompson a few months back, asking its supporters to block the letting agent’s telephone...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Richard Leonard, the Scottish Labour leadership candidate backed by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, has called for ‘stringent’ rent controls to be...
18 September 2017
From: Breaking News
The Scottish government is being urged to set a higher benchmark for the energy efficiency of private rented homes to help...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News
Private landlords north of the border have received more than £2bn in housing benefit over the past five years, new figures...
05 January 2017
From: Breaking News
The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...
22 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...
05 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content
Various housing bodies have welcomed the end of Right to Buy in Scotland, more than 35 years after it was first...
02 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Private tenants north of the border have come together to launch Scotland’s first national union for people living in the private...