Rent Freeze: Call for Evidence – Closing Date 8th December 2022

Stakeholders in the Private Rented and Build to Rent (BTR) sectors are invited to submit written submissions to the Scottish Government by Thursday 8th December. Submissions should be sent in MS Word or PDF format to housing.legislation@gov.scot Given the severe impact that the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 has had on investment …

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The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022

The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 has been in force from 28 October 2022. The Act can be found here. This introduces the promised rent freeze and the moratorium on evictions announced on 6 September 2022. This blog only looks at the impact on Private Residential Tenancies and Assured (including Short-assured) Tenancies, …

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Lets Talk with Grant Fairbairn

Managing Director of Grant Fairbairn Property Leasing joins Lets Talk for episode 62. Having recently relocated the organisation from Aberdeen to Edinburgh, Grant chats to host Gillian Semmler about the background to his agency and the decision behind the move. With the recent announcement from the Scottish Government on the rent freeze for existing tenancies …

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