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More new house completions in Scotland, but starts are down
Almost 2,000 more new homes were built in Scotland in twelve months ended June 2022 than in the previous year, the latest quarterly statistics from…
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Official – Scotland’s rents have been rising slower than inflation
Emergency rent freeze official statistics released by the Scottish Government show that landlords have not been profiteering when it comes to rent increases. Against an…
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Welsh Land Transaction Tax and Scottish tenant protection
As from last week the starting threshold for paying of main residential rates of Land Transaction Tax, the Welsh equivalent of stamp duty, has increased…
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Scotland to freeze rents and ban evictions
Scotland is to introduce emergency legislation freezing rents and imposing a moratorium on evictions until at least 31 March 2023. So said Scotland’s First Minister…
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Scotland backs tighter holiday let controls
Edinburgh is to become Scotland’s first ‘Short-Term Let Control Area’, after the Scottish Government approved the City Council’s proposed tightening of holiday let planning rules….
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Scottish landlords hit out against hostile environment
There could soon be 36,000 fewer homes available to rent in Scotland, the Scottish Association of Landlords has warned. Damaging rhetoric from the Scottish Government…
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Scotland gets short-term let licensing law
All short-term lets in Scotland will require a licence to operate under a new law approved by the Scottish Parliament this week. Local authorities will…
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Scotland aims for 70,000 more social rents by 2032
Scotland is to put £3.2bn over the next five years into providing affordable homes. The money will be provided as grant funding and represents an…
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Scotland’s property prices hit record levels
House prices in Scotland are rising at the fastest for a decade, Savills has reported. The estate agent puts the rises down to a COVID-19-led…
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Scots landlords welcome extra tenant support
Announcement in Scotland of a £10m grant fund to support tenants struggling to pay their rent as a direct result of COVID-19 has brought with…
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Scots Government publishes housing vision
‘Tackling high rents in the private sector’, is one of the key priorities of a 20-year housing strategy set out by the Scottish Government in…
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Scots housing reform to focus on rented sector
Scotland is to introduce private rented sector reforms ‘early in the next parliament’, Housing Minister Kevin Steward has promised. Subject to re-election, the Government will…
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Scottish prices Head north
House prices went up in Scotland by 8.6 per cent in the year to November 2020, HM Land Registry has reported. This puts the average…
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Scottish evictions enter new regime
Scottish landlords have seen a change in tenant security and protection become a working reality with the granting of the first Wrongful Termination Order and…
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Scotland’s hardship fund opens for business
Scotland’s £10m Tenant Hardship Loan Fund offering interest-free loans to tenants struggling with Covid-induced rent arrears has opened for applications, the Scottish Government has announced….
