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Propertymark has come out with a strongly-worded statement accusing politicians in the Scottish Parliament of ignoring the industry’s views on rent...

Kate Davies, executive director of the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), says rent controls are not the magic answer to problems...

Scotland needs to match Labour’s English housebuilding target to tackle the country’s housing emergency according to a high profile lettings agency...

The Scottish National Party, which as part of an alliance with the Greens introduced controversial rent controls in Scotland in 2022,...

Propertymark has urged Scotland’s new First Minister to end the country’s housing emergency. John Swinney is now First Minister and says he...

The political chaos in Scotland presents sensible politicians with an ideal chance to resent housing policies and ditch rent controls. That’s the...

Agents have expressed their anger at permanent rent controls proposed by the SNP and Green Party politicians running the Scottish Government. The...

The politician widely regarded as being the architect of rent controls in Scotland says he will shortly present a wider package...

Average rents in Scotland for new tenancies in the private rented sector have risen by double digits for the fifth quarter...

Labour says it will keep the controversal Right To Buy policy in England if it wins this year’s General Election. This is...

A lettings agency has initiated new systems to ensure there is no repeat of a mistake that left some client properties...

It looks like more politicians are preparing a U-turn on energy efficiency rules for the private rental sector. Media reports indicate there...

Propertymark has issued a strongly-worded statement aimed at politicians demanding rent controls. Labour Members of the Scottish Parliament have urged the declaration...

The Scottish Greens - who are in effect the architects of rent controls north of the border - have welcomed a...

The political alliance between the Scottish National Party and the Scottish Greens is likely to stay in place until 2026. Arguably the...

A consultation setting out proposals to reform domestic and non-domestic energy performance certificates has been opened by the Scottish Government.  It feels...

A new consultation by one of the national governments within the UK advocates giving more councils power to make huge rises...

Propertymark has given advice to the new Scottish National Party leader and Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf. The trade group’s head of...

New Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf is bad news for the private rental sector, a prominent lettings agent warns. David Alexander -...

A prominent lettings agent has criticised leading candidates for the leadership of the Scottish National Party for anti-holiday let policies. David Alexander,...

A prominent Scottish lettings agent says the decision of Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scotland’s First Minister may offer a chance...

An influential housing body has criticised the Green and SNP politicians behind the Scottish Government’s rent cap, which has been renewed...

It’s been announced that a deadline for existing hosts on AirBnb and other short let platforms to register with the Scottish...

Letting agents in Scotland are angry at the Scottish Government for increasing the tax surcharge on buyers of buy to lets...

Land and Buildings Transaction Tax - the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty - has risen to six per cent for all...

A lettings agency chief has listed how rent controls have failed across the world. Writing in The Scotsman, David Alexander - chief...

It’s being reported in Scotland that Propertymark, along with other lettings sector trade bodies, are seeking legal advice on that country’s...

The politician who is arguably the country’s most powerful advocate of rent controls is to address a Propertymark conference. Patrick Harvie, Scotland’s...

The head of a prominent brand in a fast-expanding lettings and sales agency group has given a cautious welcome to government...

One of the UK’s largest lettings groups has made an outspoken attack on the policies of a political party standing in...

Another prominent Labour politician has thrown his weight behind rent controls. And Mark Griffin - who is the party’s housing spokesman in...

Opposition appears to be growing to the first major bid in the UK to regulate the spread of Airbnbs and properties...

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

Airbnb has backed the Scottish Government's backtrack on pledges to exercise more centralised regulation over short let properties. The country’s ruling SNP-Green coalition...

The Scottish Government - which earlier this year suggested it would be clamping down heavily on Airbnbs, especially in Edinburgh -...

ARLA Propertymark has voiced its concern over rent controls to a politicians who is leading the charge to introduce them to...

A senior lettings agent and property management company owner has set out how rent controls could work in very specific circumstances...

The deal to introduce rent controls in Scotland - the result of a deal between two parties in the Scottish Parliament...

Details are beginning to emerge of the measures likely to be imposed on the private rental sector in Scotland as a...

Rent controls are to be introduced into part of the UK as a result of a deal between two political parties. The...

A fund instituted by Airbnb to help compensate for the effects of short let accommodation should be extended, local politicians say. In...

Airbnb, which has been criticised by some for its impact on local rental markets, is to set up its own ‘tax’...

A first attempt to regulate Airbnb-style short lets through licensing has been withdrawn. The SNP-led Scottish Government had drawn up a licensing...

Scotland’s official clampdown on short lets is gathering pace with the country’s housing minister advocating a licensing regime and so-called ‘control...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

One of the lettings sector’s leading trade bodies has called on the government and lenders to agree a package of measures...

The new leader of the Labour party in Scotland says his party will introduce “stringent” rent controls if it gains power...

New research by Channel 4 reveals that 123 MPs - just over one fifth of the total - let out at...

A proposed amendment to the government's Housing and Planning Bill which suggests landlords are required to make homes 'fit for human...

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says she has been “horrified” to read allegations of some property owners offering rent-free accommodation in...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

Why not drive one of the most powerful, beautiful, and sensational supercars available on the planet today, and at a price...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

The BBC is claiming that vulnerable families are being exploited by rogue landlords in Glasgow - including in the constituency for...

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

Labour MP Karen Buck is accusing local authorities of taking a ’softly, softly’ approach to rogue letting agents and landlords. Buck, whose...

The row over Tory MPs who voted against a bid to ensure all homes let to private tenants were “fit for...

Some 19 per cent of MPs in the new parliament are landlords according to their entries in the first Register of...

The policies of the SNP-controlled Scottish Government risks leading to an exodus of landlords as a result of the removal of...

With another hung parliament looking increasingly likely, the so-called ‘challenger parties’ look set to have a major say in who forms...