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Scottish Landlords welcome political support for stronger enforcement
Scotland’s largest landlord membership organisation has welcomed broad political support for stronger enforcement of rules governing landlords and letting agents operating in the private rented sector to allow a better service for tenants. The Scottish Association of...
Is your tenant refusing to allow you access?
We regularly hear from members on our advice helpline whose tenants are refusing them or their workmen access to carry out maintenance inspections, repairs and safety certification. In these cases we recommend that landlords use the First-tier Tribunal’s Right of...
Budget hits landlords with cut to lettings relief
In his budget speech yesterday, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced a further attack on residential property owners by restricting capital gains tax “lettings relief”. We asked David Morrison of EQ Accountants (pictured) to summarise for us what this means to our...
Letting agent regulation introduced
1 October 2018 marked the deadline for letting agents in Scotland to apply to the new national register. All letting agents should now have met the training requirement and completed their registration application. It will take the government some time to process all...
New universal credit case manager helpline
The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has introduced a new telephone system that will allow a universal credit (UC) claimant’s representative to speak to their case manager, providing the claimant has given their express consent for this. A tenant can appoint...
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Regulation and enforcement
Find out about Scottish letting agent regulation and read a summary of recent and forthcoming changes in Scottish private rented sector (PRS) legislation.