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The controversial proposal for permanent rent controls in Scotland, published just ahead of the Easter holiday, doesn’t go far enough for...

The Scottish Government’s Housing Bill allows SNP and Green politicians to create rent control areas, triggered by local authorities, and this...

The management of BTL properties, whether it's a modest collection of three units or a more sizable portfolio of fifteen, can...

SNP councillors in Scotland have come up with an innovative suggestion to improve energy efficiency in private rental properties. They want councils...

I’m not especially political and certainly carry no candle for one flavour or another. I might argue that they’re all pretty...

A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...

A Conservative politician has named an individual who he claims is responsible for high rent rises and increasing homelessness. Murdo Fraser, the...

The Scottish National Party councillor for Oban North and Lorn - which includes the village of Plockton, made famous by the...

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

This year is set to bring sweeping rental reforms that will change the face of lettings forever. Landlords should be following...

Two Members of the Scottish Parliament have broken rank with their own party to query the motivation behind a new property...

The National Residential Landlords Association has joined with other landlord and agent bodies to seek legal opinion on whether Scotland’s rent...

The Scottish Government’s dramatic immediate introduction of a rent freeze and eviction ban could mark the beginning of the end of the...

An emergency rent freeze in the private and public sectors has been announced this afternoon in Scotland. It will last until...

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

Politicians in a city with one of the UK’s most frenzied short lets markets are pledging to return Airbnb style units...

A newspaper is suggesting that proposals for rent controls could be scuppered because of the relatively large proportion of elected politicians...

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

Scotland’s controversial Green Party housing chief - who is part of a governing arrangement with Nicola Sturgeon’s Scottish National Party -...

Shelter has given what appears to be unconditional support to the SNP-Green proposals for reform of the private rental sector in...

The new coalition of the Scottish National Party and the Greens in Scotland has pledged to introduce rent controls - and...

A social landlord is selling a home on the open market but says it should go only to a first time...

A leading market analyst says the looming threat of rent controls may be deterring landlords entering the buy to let sector,...

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

The prospect of increased renters’ power has already been seen north of the border with the pledge to introduce rent controls...

The UK’s first Minister for Tenants’ Rights says he will introduce rent controls because renters currently “pay way over the odds”. Although...

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

Tenant activist group Generation Rent says it’s working with five councils to find out more about private renters in those areas. The...

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

Both Labour and the Scottish National Party have spoken out over online platforms carrying advertisements from landlords seeking sexual favours in...

The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...

With just one day until voting day, each of the main political parties has outlined its plans for the country, including for...

Scottish rents continued to edge up in the first quarter of the year, the latest figures show. The Scottish national average increased...

Landlords and tenants across Scotland will be consulted over plans to impose rent restrictions north of the border. Scottish Labour wants to...

Private landlords north of the border have received more than £2bn in housing benefit over the past five years, new figures...

The government’s proposed changes to mortgage interest relief, which will  see landlords taxed on their turnover rather than profit, has been...

Our latest infographic shows figures of how the majority of deposits are repaid at the end of tenancy and goes into...

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