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New video guide to sanctions checks
Since 14 May 2025 letting agents have been required to carry out financial sanctions checks on landlords and tenants when setting up a new tenancy. The government body which oversees this duty, OFSI, has now published a video guide to checking landlord and tenant...
SAL in the media
Catch up on the latest news items where SAL has been featured: 06/06/25 – Property 118 – Scottish Housing Bill passes stage two as rent cap amendment approved 05/06/25 – Landlord ZONE – Scotland moves closer to inflation-linked rent controls in...
New minimum EPC proposals
The Scottish Government has published a consultation and draft regulations to introduce a minimum energy efficiency standard (MEES) in the PRS in Scotland. This is the 7th consultation in just over 8 years relating to energy efficiency in the PRS in Scotland. The...
Housing (Scotland) Bill update
The Housing (Scotland) Bill, which was first published in March 2024, is due to complete stage two of the parliamentary process next week. The Bill contains a number of provisions which would make changes to the Private Rented Sector (PRS) including long-term rent...
Buy-to-let market update – May 2025
By Doug Hall, director, 3mc Welcome to ‘Buy-to-let market’, a column aimed at providing you with recent criteria and product updates within the buy-to-let (BTL) lending markets. The information within this article is correct as at 28/05/2025. Buy-to-let market update:...
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