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

Green Party activists responsible for rent controls on Scotland have now slammed landlords who claim the number of rented homes is...

Scotland’s Court of Session has come down in favour of the Scottish Government when it comes to rent controls. A case against...

Landlords are being encouraged to contribute to a crowdfunding campaign to take legal action regarding rent caps and eviction bans. It follows...

The Scottish Government, despite being in the middle of electing a new First Minister, is pressing ahead with legislation for long-term...

A coalition of landlords and lettings groups has submitted a Petition to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking a Judicial...

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

The controversial rent freeze policy in Scotland has been described as being “in chaos” by a top lettings agency chief. In a...

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

Housing groups have united to appeal to politicians to step back from new laws that threaten to “devastate” the number of...

A landlord trade body says the lengthening of notice periods during the pandemic have made matters worse for tenants, not better. John...

The Scottish government has published updated guidance for private landlords and letting agents to help cope with the existing Covid-19 pandemic.  The...

Buy-to-let landlords who let properties in England, Wales and Scotland can now have joint membership of associations north and south of the...

Buy-to-let landlords north of the border are urging the Scottish government to take into consideration the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic...

Landlords north of the border whose tenants are having difficulty paying rent during the coronavirus crisis can now apply for a...

The decision to delay the minimum energy efficiency standards deadline in Scotland has been welcomed by landlords as a ‘sensible one’.  The...

The Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) is calling for an urgent overhaul of how universal credit is paid, with most landlords north of...

More needs to be done to stem the rise in short-term lets on Airbnb in Scotland to ensure that the market...

There has been a significant increase in the number of landlords and letting agents joining Scotland’s largest membership organisation for landlords. The...

With just over a month until a new form of private residential tenancy (PRT) will be introduced north of the border,...

Private landlords in Stirling may be interested in attending a free private rented sector open day and conference to be hosted...

New proposals to ensure all privately rented homes north of the border meet a minimum standard of energy efficiency have been...

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

Stirling Council is inviting local private landlords and letting agents to register for an upcoming Open Day and Conference. The annual event,...

As Scotland awaits the introduction of the Private Tenancies (Scotland) Bill later this week, the Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) has...