News archives
SAL in the media – November 2026
5/11/2026 – Scottish Housing News – Scottish landlords urge government to rule out ‘tenant tax’ 5/11/2026 – Landlord Today – Politicians urged to defy Labour’s ‘tenant tax’ 4/11/2026 – Property 118 –...
Dealing with damp, mould and condensation – Awaab’s Law
Article by Caroline Elgar, SAL policy manager, for Citylets Quarterly Report Q3 2026 – Issue 79. On 6 October 2026 the Investigation and Commencement of Repair (Scotland) Regulations 2026, commonly referred to as “Awaab’s Law”, came into force introducing clear...
SAL in the media – October 2026
29/10/2026 – The Herald – Jenny Gilruth warned landlord tax would hike Scottish rents 14/10/2026 – Property 118 – EPC C targets could reduce Scotland’s rental supply
Autumn Budget 2026: what it means for landlords in Scotland
Article by EQ Accountants, 30 October 2026 John Healey delivered his first Budget as Chancellor this week. If you let out property, the big news is another 2% rise in the tax on rental income from April 2027. That’s on top of the rise announced last November. If...
UK Autumn Budget 2026
On 28 October the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, John Healey MP, delivered his 2026 budget setting out the UK government’s plans for the economy, including taxation and spending. The headline announcement for landlords is that the UK government is further increasing...
Government proposals on above rent cap increases
Under powers in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025, the government can legislate to designate an area as a Rent Control Area (RCA). If an area is designated as an RCA, annual rent increases on private residential tenancies (PRTs) would be restricted to CPI + 1% (up to a...
Making Tax Digital – November quarterly deadline
If you’ve signed up to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax in April 2026, you should now be creating digital records in preparation for sending HMRC your second quarterly update on November 7 2026. Quarterly updates are summaries of your business income and expenses....
Home Energy Scotland: Private Sector Landlord Webinar – Tue 3rd Nov 2026
Home Energy Scotland South East invite you to join them at their upcoming webinar, “Support for landlords and tenants: warmer homes, lower bills” Join Home Energy Scotland’s free webinar to find out about the support available to private landlords and tenants to make...
Buy-to-let market update – October 2026
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. Note, any product update reflects the lenders most recent update, rather than all updates...
Analysis of energy efficiency consultation published
The Scottish Government has published an analysis of responses received to its consultation on draft regulations to introduce a minimum energy efficiency standard (MEES) in the private rented sector (PRS). The consultation took place last summer and can be read here....