Looking to purchase a buy-to-let property in 2023? Here are the most frequently asked questions from potential landlords to help you on your journey. Where is the best place to buy? There are many different areas across Edinburgh where people are looking to rent. Hotspots at the moment are suburban areas like Corstorphine and Murrayfield, …
Read more >Energy bill crisis The impact of global events on our energy supply and the cost to use it are making headlines on a daily basis. Governments have introduced initiatives to help householders out, yet there are still distressing stories of people having to choose between heating and eating and some startling figures relating to energy …
Read more >In October 2022 the Scottish Parliament introduced emergency legislation with the purpose of assisting social and private renters with the cost of living crisis. The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 introduced a temporary, variable rent cap and a temporary moratorium on evictions (applicable to the majority of eviction grounds) until at least …
Read more >Episode 66 of Lets Talk features Chief Executive of the Scottish Association of Landlords, John Blackwood, and Head of Policy and Campaigns of Propertymark, Timothy Douglas, discussing the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 which introduced a rent freeze in social and private rented housing and a moratorium on evictions. Following the announcement …
Read more >In the last quarter of 2022, pressures on property supply in the private rented sector continued driving growth in average rents in Scotland for new tenancies at an unprecedented rate amid widespread industry condemnation of the new legislation and general asymmetry of approach relative to the social rented sector. The introduction of the Cost of …
Read more >On 12 January 2023, the Scottish Government published their First Report to the Scottish Parliament on the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection)(Scotland) Act 2022 (the Act). The Act came into force on 28 October 2022 and introduced the rent freeze and moratorium on evictions that had been announced earlier on 6 September 2022, affecting both …
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