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SAL in the media
It’s been a busy week for SAL with our annual Scottish Letting Day conference being held at Scottish Gas Murrayfield on Tuesday 19 November. Please find links below to articles of interest in the media this week: Scottish Housing News – Landlords warn of...
SAL in the media
LANDLORD ZONE BLOG: ‘Don’t punish Scottish landlords for doing the right thing’ by John Blackwood, SAL chief executive By amending the Housing Bill to allow landlords in Scotland’s private rented sector to increase rents above inflation, or up to 6%...
Autumn Budget 2024
Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, delivered her Autumn Budget on Wednesday 30 October 2024, introducing new tax measures to address public financing while pledging to “build a better Britain”, in the first Labour Budget since 2010. You can read the key...
Housing Minister announces amendment to proposed rent controls
The Housing Minister, Paul McLennan, has today announced in parliament that an amendment will be made to the rent control proposals set out in the Housing (Scotland) Bill which is currently being considered by parliament. To provide certainty on how rents will be...
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...