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Research by comparison site GetAgent has shown that across Britain, the number of home sellers entering the market increased by 23%...

Any tenant renting an Airbnb or other short let property in Edinburgh from the summer of 2026 is likely to be...

One of the UK’s most high profile lettings agents is calling on politicians to change course on rent controls. David Alexander of...

Annual house price growth across the UK’s ‘Big Six’ regional cities has remained consistent despite the challenges posed by higher interest...

New figures seen by Landlord Today show the scale of landlords fleeing the private rental sector in one part of the...

Only one in six on-campus University rooms in the UK affordable for students, the activist group Generation Rent claims.  It says 17%...

A controversial council has launched a 12 week consultation on its policies restricting Airbnb-style short lets. Edinburgh council insists that new Airbnb...

A convicted gangster caught with £500,000 worth of heroin has been refused entry to the landlord register in Scotland. This will mean...

Aspiring and existing landlords are invited to a free Buy To Let Webinar next week. Hosted on Zoom from 12 noon to...

Some locations in the UK are seeing as many as 40-plus prospective tenants racing for the keys of every available rental...

Airbnb has ripped into politicians in Scotland who have implemented restrictions on short lets. The former SNP-Green coalition government allowed local councils...

The ESPC property portal has announced a free buy to let Insights and Advice event on Thursday May 9, for aspiring...

If you’re moving home and have either plenty of equity or savings you can use for a deposit, plus a decent...

Building on the momentum of 2023, the North West is poised for continued growth in rental and property prices. Early investment...

Media outlets in Scotland are reporting that Edinburgh council is considering charging short let landlords for bin collections. The plans are to be...

Analysis by Zoopla says rent controls introduced in Scotland have directly led to higher rents. The property portal’s research team has analysed...

A prominent lettings agency has hit out at the latest changes to safety regulations that private landlords must comply with or...

Scottish property portal ESPC has announced a free Buy To Let event targeted at aspiring property investors and landlords. The event will...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on migrating away from the emergency rent controls introduced in September 2022 and extended...

New rent control proposals put forward by politicians are unnecessary and too costly according to a leading property expert.  David Alexander -...

A local authority is calling for emergency legislation to help it and other councils stop the spread of Airbnbs and other...

A lack of Energy Performance Certificate enforcement is putting tenants at risk from high energy costs or cold homes, according to...

Airbnb in the UK is bringing in restrictions on certain bookings over New Year’s Eve to deter guests holding anti-social parties. Proprietary...

The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the third quarter of 2023. The...

A controversial ‘housing emergency’ declared by a city council is the result of decades of low investment in social housing according...

A major council has declared a Housing Emergency for its city, attributing part of the problem to rising private rents. A statement...

Room rents continue to skyrocket across the UK, reaching new highs in the third quarter of 2023 according to flatware website...

Rental growth in prime regional markets has started to slow, following runaway growth over the past three years. That’s the view from...

The property portal ESPC has revealed the top-performing Edinburgh postcodes in terms of rental yields, for the second quarter of 2023. Using...

Trade bodies and short let landlords have made a last-ditch appeal to politicians to stop new rules which could see the...

An angry reader has contacted Landlord Today with a letter from housing minister Rachel Maclean - which the recipient has branded...

Savills’ latest market snapshot for prime properties in the UK regions suggest that tenant priorities are gently shifting. Across UK prime regional...

There’s news for tenants on a budget - it may now cost less to be a lodger in a house than...

A plan to regulate short lets such as Airbnbs has been ruled unlawful by a judge before it even comes into...

An insurance firm has identified locations which, according to current portal listings, have the highest proportion of dog-friendly rental properties. The league...

A news service claims that in many UK cities there are now more entire homes listed on Airbnb than there are...

Rent controls and political uncertainty are affecting investor appetite to fund and deliver Build to Rent homes in Scotland, according to...

Rental demand in Scotland remains high according to the first quarterly report by DJ Alexander Ltd and Stonehouse - the two...

The Scottish Government, despite being in the middle of electing a new First Minister, is pressing ahead with legislation for long-term...

The Edinburgh-based agency ESPC is holding an event for buy to let investors next week.  ESPC will be joined by solicitor estate...

An unlikely location heads the latest league table purporting to show the highest returns on property investment. Aldermore’s Buy To let City...

London continues to dominate the list of the most attractive cities for buy to let investment for the second year running. Data...

A nine-page legal document outlining landlords’ arguments has effectively stopped a controversial housing minister and campaigning organisations giving evidence to a...

A coalition of landlords and lettings groups has submitted a Petition to the Court of Session in Edinburgh seeking a Judicial...

Research from Midlands lettings agency Barrows and Forrester shows the volume of homes entering the market for sale has almost halved...

A confused and complicated approach to holiday homes in England, Scotland and Wales threatens the future of the holiday letting sector...

The first step within the UK to officially monitor Airbnb-style short lets comes into effect tomorrow, October 1. Scotland’s Short-Term Lets Licensing...

A new analysis of the housing market by a leading rental sector expert appears to show little potential for a crash. Some...

A convicted murderer has been blocked from becoming a private landlord. In Scotland landlords have to be registered before operating, with consent...

The Commonwealth Games, which begin today in Birmingham, could turbo-charge capital appreciation in the city by up to 15 per cent. That’s the...

A landlord who lives in the US and lets her apartment out via Airbnb has been banned from doing so in...

Landlords who take advantage of the annual Edinburgh festival by charging high fees for Airbnb-sale short lets have been accused of...

A new league table shows landlords the cities across the UK where the highest average Airbnb nightly prices are charged. The data,...

New data from Rightmove suggests that rental demand is cooling in some areas where the market was busiest during the pandemic. And...

A points-based system of rent controls is being advocated by activists associated with a controversial pro-tenant group. Living Rent, which is calling...

Politicians in a city with one of the UK’s most frenzied short lets markets are pledging to return Airbnb style units...

Talk is getting louder about restrictions surrounding Airbnb and other short let platforms - and nowhere is the volume greater than...

A veteran lettings agency chief says future economic growth in part of the UK is under threat from a radical reform...

A lettings agent says his client landlords are already turning their back on short let platforms including Airbnb ahead of likely...

Landlords wanting to let out via Airbnb and other short let platforms in Edinburgh will have to apply for planning consent...

A proposal that landlords be fined up to 36 months rent has been put forward in a consultation paper. The Scottish Government’s...

An MP is calling on the authorities to investigate how 15 so-called ‘super landlords’ allegedly dominate the rental market in one...

A landlord has been fined for failing to ensure that gas fittings, appliances and associated flues were checked for safety. Edinburgh Sheriffs...

The Scottish private rental market is facing shortages according to one of that country’s most prominent lettings experts.  David Alexander, head of...

Earlier this week Zoopla released some rather healthy statistics on the UK rental market. In recent months, the rental market has been...

Zoopla says rental properties are typically letting almost a week faster than a year ago. It claims that with supply and demand...

A new league table has been prepared showing the average costs of listings on Airbnb - and London features outside the...

If evidence was needed that the rental market is booming right now, here’s the proof - a property with an asking...

The SpareRoom online service has drawn up what it calls an affordability guide, which is effectively a league table of room...

New research shows how the rental premium for a furnished property compares to the cost of furnishing a rental home individually. The...

Eight landlords letting flats on the same street have been banned from renting them out on Airbnb. The Edinburgh News website says...

Airbnb says it’s working to consider new approaches to short-term letting and the burgeoning holiday lets sector - and this has...

Research by student accommodation platform UniHomes says rental demand on student properties has not suffered long term harm from the pandemic. It...

An online corporate rental platform says Covid 19 has led to a six-fold increase in demand for medium-term rentals in this...

Landlords have been warned not to try to deceive departing tenants after a controversial tribunal ruling. Lindsays law firm says Scotland’s first...

New research out this morning suggests that Coronavirus continues to change the lettings landscape, with houses now renting more quickly than a...

What is your name and how long have you been a landlord? My name is Lea Savage, and I have been a...

A council clampdown on four short let flats in Edinburgh has been backed by the Scottish Government. The council discovered that the...

A Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...

An estate agency that bucks the industry trend by selling only tenanted properties to landlords says it’s had a record year. Portfolio,...

A move to regulate Airbnb and other short let platforms operating in Scotland has received a hostile welcome from a countryside...

Many of our less affordable cities have seen rent levels drop because of the trend for tenants to work from home...

The Green Party says there should be an end to private rental sector eviction grounds “such as the wish of the...

A lettings chief says London may never regain its appeal to the typical renter, as new data shows the capital still...

Buy-to-let investments with a tenant already in situ are most in-demand across Glasgow, according to Howsy.  The letting management platform reports that...

Average UK rents slowed in the second quarter of the year as the coronavirus pandemic took its toll. Zoopla’s latest quarterly Rental...

Who are you? David Alexander What does it say on your business card? Joint Manager Director What is apropos? Apropos is a revolutionary...

A majority of tenants are looking for unfurnished homes, new research shows.  Online property management platform Howsy analysed existing rental property listings...

Renting out a property as a short-term let or holiday home has proved extremely profitable for some property investors, and a...

Private renters naturally have rights and responsibilities,  but it would appear that uncertainty presented by the outbreak of Covid-19 has left...

Landlords currently looking for the UK’s best buy-to-let areas should head north to places like Liverpool, Bradford and Sunderland, with new...

Student property will remain a very profitable asset class giving robust return despite the existing disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,...

Many landlords and letting agents are increasingly concerned about the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their tenants and property...

There has been a significant increase in the number of rental properties hitting the market after lockdown on the sector was...

A new digital property management platform from Apropos by DJ Alexander, which covers almost half of the UK, including Edinburgh, Manchester,...

Demand for rental properties and the supply of rental stock have dropped significantly year-on-year across the majority of UK cities and...

Residential property prices across all English Cities have risen above pre-crisis peaks for the first time since 2007, the latest Zoopla...

A tenant’s appeal to recover £13,800 in rent and deposit from his landlord has been rejected by the Upper Tribunal for...

The cost of renting a home in Scotland continued to rise during the final quarter of 2019, new figures show.  The Scottish...

Newcastle upon Tyne has been named the most affordable place to rent in the UK.  According to the research, undertaken by CompareTheMarketcom,...