The Renting vs Buying Equation

With rising rents being accompanied by rising mortgage costs across Scotland just now, many households are having a debate about whether to rent or buy. There are various sentiment surveys out recently that have been examining renting vs buying. This particularly affects younger households, including those deciding on whether now is a good time to …

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Pros and Cons of Holiday Lets

With lighter nights approaching and summer holidays around the corner, you may be considering purchasing a property to be used as a short term or holiday let. Read on to find out the pros and cons of holiday lets. Pros Flexibility If you purchase a property to be used as a holiday let you and …

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Return to Base

The housing market has seen an unprecedented change over the past couple of years, but certain indicators now seem to be pointing towards a return to more traditional levels of activity. Rental return A look at average rents makes this point clearly, with rental growth returning to the market after a period of weakening during …

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Get the Edge

Could the world get any crazier and with the squeeze getting ever-tighter on everyone’s finances it’s time to look at how to get the edge on your competitors. It’s not a secret that the rental market has gone through the roof in recent years, as city centre locations particularly, have seen property values spiralling on …

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New Audience Records Set Q3 2013

Q3 (July-September) is traditionally the busiest time of the year for the lettings market and often sees new records set for visitor traffic to Citylets. 2013 was no exception with traffic reaching over 1.1million over the quarter, up 22% on 2012, and August recording our highest ever monthly total of 405k site visits (Source: Google …

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