News archives
Making Tax Digital update
As we have reported previously, some landlords will soon be required to keep digital tax records and submit tax returns quarterly rather than annually. This is part of the UK government’s “Making Tax Digital” reforms which you can read about here. This will be...
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...
Radio teleswitch electricity meters
Important information for properties with radio teleswitch (RTS) electricity meters If you own or manage a property which has an RTS electricity meter, there is action that you or your tenants must take before 30 June 2025 to ensure that the heating and hot water...
Tenancy reform
There is much in the news this week about the UK government publishing draft legislation, the Renters’ Rights Bill, to end “no-fault” evictions, give tenants the right to have a pet, ban rental bidding wars, require repairs to be carried out within a specified...
Recyling HMO fire extinguishers
A member with an HMO property in Edinburgh has for some years been trying to find a way of recycling old fire extinguishers from his HMO property, having found that the cost to replace them is less than the cost to have an annual service carried out. He has shared...
Debate Night – would you like to take part?
DO YOU WANT TO BE IN THE STUDIO AUDIENCE OF A BBC TV PROGRAMME? Debate Night is BBC Scotland’s political TV discussion show and we want the people of Scotland to have their say. The programme is travelling across the country on Wednesday evenings, and would love to...