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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….
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Race is on to beat stamp duty deadline
Falkirk, Scotland is the fastest moving property market in the UK, with properties taking an average of just 20 days from listing to ‘sold subject…
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Scotland’s rents up by 1.1 per cent
Average rents for new-to-the-market two bedroom properties in Scotland, the most common type of private rented property, increased in the year to September at a…
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Affordable home target unlikely to be on time
Despite the Coronavirus Crisis, Scotland has remained on track to meet its new affordable homes target of 50,000 by next March. Latest figures show that…
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Middlesbrough tops rental yield table
Thanks to low property prices and a median monthly rent of £450, Middlesbrough is the current rental market hot spot, the property portal Zoopla has…
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Scotland moves ahead with short-let licensing
All short-term lets will require a licence under proposed legislation outlined by the Scottish Government this week. Its consultation document Short Term Lets Consultation on…
