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If you’re moving home and have either plenty of equity or savings you can use for a deposit, plus a decent...
20 April 2024
From: Tax & Finance
Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...
02 March 2024
From: Top tips & guides
Media outlets in Scotland are reporting that Edinburgh council is considering charging short let landlords for bin collections. The plans are to be...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
A prominent lettings agency has hit out at the latest changes to safety regulations that private landlords must comply with or...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Scottish property portal ESPC has announced a free Buy To Let event targeted at aspiring property investors and landlords. The event will...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...
20 January 2024
From: The Big Issues
New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert. David Alexander -...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...
27 December 2023
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
Airbnb in the UK is bringing in restrictions on certain bookings over New Year’s Eve to deter guests holding anti-social parties. Proprietary...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the third quarter of 2023. The...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A controversial ‘housing emergency’ declared by a city council is the result of decades of low investment in social housing according...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A major council has declared a Housing Emergency for its city, attributing part of the problem to rising private rents. A statement...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Room rents continue to skyrocket across the UK, reaching new highs in the third quarter of 2023 according to flatware website...
19 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...
13 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2023. Using...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...
29 August 2023
From: Breaking News
An angry reader has contacted Landlord Today with a letter from housing minister Rachel Maclean - which the recipient has branded...
25 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Savills’ latest market snapshot for prime properties in the UK regions suggest that tenant priorities are gently shifting. Across UK prime regional...
11 July 2023
From: Breaking News
13 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
An insurance firm has identified locations which, according to current portal listings, have the highest proportion of dog-friendly rental properties. The league...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...
05 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Rent controls and political uncertainty are affecting investor appetite to fund and deliver Build to Rent homes in Scotland, according to...
22 April 2023
From: The Big Issues
Rental demand in Scotland remains high according to the first quarterly report by DJ Alexander Ltd and Stonehouse - the two...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
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
The Edinburgh-based agency ESPC is holding an event for buy to let investors next week. ESPC will be joined by solicitor estate...
17 February 2023
From: Breaking News
An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
London continues to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year running. Data...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A nine-page legal document outlining landlords’ arguments has effectively stopped a controversial housing minister and campaigning organisations giving evidence to a...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A coalition of landlords and lettings groups has submitted a Petition to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking a Judicial...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Research from Midlands lettings agency Barrows and Forrester shows the volume of homes entering the market for sale has almost halved...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
A confused and complicated approach to holiday homes in England, Scotland and Wales threatens the future of the holiday letting sector...
05 November 2022
From: Tax & Finance
The first step within the UK to officially monitor Airbnb-style short lets comes into effect tomorrow, October 1. Scotland’s Short-Term Lets Licensing...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
A new analysis of the housing market by a leading rental sector expert appears to show little potential for a crash. Some...
31 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A convicted murderer has been blocked from becoming a private landlord. In Scotland landlords have to be registered before operating, with consent...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
The Commonwealth Games, which begin today in Birmingham, could turbo-charge capital appreciation in the city by up to 15 per cent. That’s the...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord who lives in the US and lets her apartment out via Airbnb has been banned from doing so in...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords who take advantage of the annual Edinburgh festival by charging high fees for Airbnb-sale short lets have been accused of...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A new league table shows landlords the cities across the UK where the highest average Airbnb nightly prices are charged. The data,...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
New data from Rightmove suggests that rental demand is cooling in some areas where the market was busiest during the pandemic. And...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
A points-based system of rent controls is being advocated by activists associated with a controversial pro-tenant group. Living Rent, which is calling...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Politicians in a city with one of the UK’s most frenzied short lets markets are pledging to return Airbnb style units...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Talk is getting louder about restrictions surrounding Airbnb and other short let platforms - and nowhere is the volume greater than...
19 March 2022
From: The Big Issues
A veteran lettings agency chief says future economic growth in part of the UK is under threat from a radical reform...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Landlords wanting to let out via Airbnb and other short let platforms in Edinburgh will have to apply for planning consent...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A proposal that landlords be fined up to 36 months rent has been put forward in a consultation paper. The Scottish Government’s...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
An MP is calling on the authorities to investigate how 15 so-called ‘super landlords’ allegedly dominate the rental market in one...
17 February 2022
From: Breaking News
A landlord has been fined for failing to ensure that gas fittings, appliances and associated flues were checked for safety. Edinburgh Sheriffs...
14 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The Scottish private rental market is facing shortages according to one of that country’s most prominent lettings experts. David Alexander, head of...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Earlier this week Zoopla released some rather healthy statistics on the UK rental market. In recent months, the rental market has been...
20 November 2021
From: Top tips & guides
Zoopla says rental properties are typically letting almost a week faster than a year ago. It claims that with supply and demand...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A new league table has been prepared showing the average costs of listings on Airbnb - and London features outside the...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
If evidence was needed that the rental market is booming right now, here’s the proof - a property with an asking...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The SpareRoom online service has drawn up what it calls an affordability guide, which is effectively a league table of room...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
New research shows how the rental premium for a furnished property compares to the cost of furnishing a rental home individually. The...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Eight landlords letting flats on the same street have been banned from renting them out on Airbnb. The Edinburgh News website says...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Airbnb says it’s working to consider new approaches to short-term letting and the burgeoning holiday lets sector - and this has...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Research by student accommodation platform UniHomes says rental demand on student properties has not suffered long term harm from the pandemic. It...
07 June 2021
From: Breaking News
An online corporate rental platform says Covid 19 has led to a six-fold increase in demand for medium-term rentals in this...
30 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Landlords have been warned not to try to deceive departing tenants after a controversial tribunal ruling. Lindsays law firm says Scotland’s first...
12 March 2021
From: Breaking News
New research out this morning suggests that Coronavirus continues to change the lettings landscape, with houses now renting more quickly than a...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News
What is your name and how long have you been a landlord? My name is Lea Savage, and I have been a...
03 February 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
A council clampdown on four short let flats in Edinburgh has been backed by the Scottish Government. The council discovered that the...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
A Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
An estate agency that bucks the industry trend by selling only tenanted properties to landlords says it’s had a record year. Portfolio,...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A move to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms operating in Scotland has received a hostile welcome from a countryside...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Many of our less affordable cities have seen rent levels drop because of the trend for tenants to work from home...
26 November 2020
From: Breaking News
The Green Party says there should be an end to private rental sector eviction grounds “such as the wish of the...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A lettings chief says London may never regain its appeal to the typical renter, as new data shows the capital still...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let investments with a tenant already in situ are most in-demand across Glasgow, according to Howsy. The letting management platform reports that...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Average UK rents slowed in the second quarter of the year as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll. Zoopla’s latest quarterly Rental...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you? David Alexander What does it say on your business card? Joint Manager Director What is apropos? Apropos is a revolutionary...
05 August 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
A majority of tenants are looking for unfurnished homes, new research shows. Online property management platform Howsy analysed existing rental property listings...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Renting out a property as a short-term let or holiday home has proved extremely profitable for some property investors, and a...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Private renters naturally have rights and responsibilities, but it would appear that uncertainty presented by the outbreak of Covid-19 has left...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool, Bradford and Sunderland, with new...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Student property will remain a very profitable asset class giving robust return despite the existing disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Many landlords and letting agents are increasingly concerned about the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their tenants and property...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in the number of rental properties hitting the market after lockdown on the sector was...
19 May 2020
From: Breaking News
A new digital property management platform from Apropos by DJ Alexander, which covers almost half of the UK, including Edinburgh, Manchester,...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Demand for rental properties and the supply of rental stock have dropped significantly year-on-year across the majority of UK cities and...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Residential property prices across all English Cities have risen above pre-crisis peaks for the first time since 2007, the latest Zoopla...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A tenant’s appeal to recover £13,800 in rent and deposit from his landlord has been rejected by the Upper Tribunal for...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The cost of renting a home in Scotland continued to rise during the final quarter of 2019, new figures show. The Scottish...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Newcastle upon Tyne has been named the most affordable place to rent in the UK. According to the research, undertaken by CompareTheMarketcom,...
05 February 2020
From: Breaking News
There has been a significant increase in the number of buy-to-let landlords who are considering converting their property to a short-term...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The number of properties and rooms available to book on Airbnb has soared in major UK cities, as landlords, local families...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News
More than 800 landlords have been surveyed to establish where they feel offer the best buy-to-let investment opportunities in 2020. The study,...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News
The locations that saw the biggest house price increases in the last year have been unveiled by the Post Office Money. The...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords are being urged to think twice about moving to holiday letting following proposed regulatory and financial changes to the...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News
They may be part of the Union, but the process of buying and selling property in Scotland and England differs markedly. It’s...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Following on from the success of recent training events in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness, designed to help landlords better manage tenancy deposits...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News
An unscruplous landlord has been handed a £7,500 fine after he broke tenancy laws by claiming a flat in the Warriston...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
More than 2,000 tenants in Scotland appear to have forgotten to claim back their deposits collectively worth in excess of £500,000,...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News
An increasing number of Airbnb owners in Edinburgh are moving away from short-term letting in favour of traditional long-term tenancies as...