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The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2023. Using...

The long running experiment with rent controls and an eviction ban north of the border may yet continue for years to...

It is a fundamental principle of a functioning democracy that parties, when in power, should pay at least lip service to...

Scottish Labour Party leader Anas Sarwar has called for the Scottish Government to implement an emergency rent freeze. The freeze, which Sarwar...

Labour is the latest political party to call for rent controls following similar pleas from the Green Party and the Scottish Nationalists. Paul...

The letting agents’ trade body ARLA Propertymark has made a very cautious approach to the Scottish Government over its strident pledge...

Rent controls, possibly ensuring that rents do not exceed 25 per cent of household income, are poised to be introduced into...

The Scottish Labour Party has written to the SNP government of that country to demand more protection for private tenants. Labour housing...

A council clampdown on four short let flats in Edinburgh has been backed by the Scottish Government. The council discovered that the...

Airbnb claims a proposal to regulate short lets could put 17,000 jobs at risk and take almost £1m a day out...

There was bad news for buy-to-let landlords in Scotland yesterday when the Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay proposed a 1% hike...

The average rent paid by private tenants in Scotland hit a record high of £549 per month in May, compared with...

A top politician has been reported to the ethics watchdog following accusations that he broke strict parliamentary code on financial and...