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In the media
Catch up on the latest news and articles featuring SAL in the media, including this latest article from John Blackwood in The Scotsman today. The Scotsman – 16 October 2024 – Why Scotland’s rent control plan is based on prejudice against landlords...
Minimum EPC requirements
A SAL member recently alerted us that the BBC Radio 4 You And Yours presenter stated during her broadcast on 9th October that landlords in Scotland will have to comply with an EPC rating of C from next year. This is not correct. There is currently no legislation in...
How many “old” tenancies are still running?
With the Scottish Parliament currently considering a Housing Bill which includes a provision to convert assured/short assured tenancies into PRTs (private residential tenancies), how many tenancies would this affect? SAL has looked at tribunal data on eviction...
Buy-to-let market update – September 2024
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 26/09/2024. BTL market update: BM...
Rent Better research: final report published
Over the past five years research consultancy Indigo House has been conducting independent research into the Scottish private rented sector (PRS), commissioned by the charitable Nationwide Foundation The project, termed “Rent Better”, sought to understand the impact...
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