A Guide to Finding the Right Tenant for Your Rental Property

When you have a rental property, finding a tenant can be one of the biggest concerns you might have. Sourcing a good tenant can be difficult; after all, you are entrusting them with your most significant asset, so you need to feel comfortable and confident that they will look after your property while they live …

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Homes Selling Fast as Strong Buyer Demand Continues

From April to June 2021, the property market in Edinburgh, the Lothians, Fife and the Borders was characterised by strong buyer demand driving the selling prices up. Over the past three months, properties were moving quickly with a median selling time of just 16 days, two days faster compared to the same time last year …

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Residential Letting Team of the Year 2020

Last night, the residential property market came together to recognise those that have performed outstandingly in the industry. Despite the challenges that have been thrown at every company this year by the pandemic, KD Media ensured that the 2020 Scottish Home Awards took place so that the excellence in this market could still be acknowledged. Live …

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Home Moves New Guidance

The Scottish Government has issued comprehensive guidance on home moves to ensure that they can be carried out safely during the pandemic. The guidance takes effect from 29th June 2020 and focuses on practical measures to protect health of all parties involved in the process of home moving. It emphasises that this is not a …

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Strong Start to 2020 for Property Sales Impacted by COVID-19

After a strong start in 2020 for residential property sales in Edinburgh, Lothians, Fife and the Borders, the market experienced the repercussions of social distancing due to COVID-19. The volume of property sales dropped by 9.2% year on year, with much of the decline concentrated in the final two weeks of March. The same areas …

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Levelling the Playing Field – Crackdown on Short Term Lets

At a time when Scotland suffers from a chronic undersupply of housing and the private rented sector is being increasingly more regulated, landlords are tempted to shift their properties from the residential sector to the less regulated short term lets market, with its potentially higher gains. In Scotland there are 31,000 active short term let …

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