News archives
In the media – 15 June
Landlords in the media and articles of interest. Articles: Daily Record: Reality of Scotland’s housing crisis must be a concern to us all – 5 June Scottish Legal News: Scottish housing market value worth £161.3 billion between 2007-08 and 2017-18 – 5 June SHN:...
Letting agent client account update
In recognition of the difficulties some letting agents are still experiencing in setting up client accounts, the Scottish Government has decided to amend legislation to remove the requirement for agents to confirm they hold a client account and client money protection...
Looking to buy or sell long term empty properties?
The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership Property Matchmaker service is a ‘dating agency’ for empty homes: it aims to match empty property home owners who are trying to sell or who are thinking about selling, with people who want to buy an empty property. There are...
Right to Rent judicial review permitted by High Court
The High Court recently gave consent for a judicial review of the government’s controversial “right to rent” legislation to take place. The legislation forces landlords in England to carry out background checks to ensure that their prospective tenants have the right...
Consultation on changes to landlord registration fees and applications
The Scottish Government has recently consulted on making changes to the landlord registration system. The changes being considered are: – an inflationary increase in the principal fee/property fee from £55/£11 to £70/£14 ; requiring landlords to confirm and/or...
In the media – 4 June
Landlords in the media and articles of interest: Mentions: Scottish Housing News: Blog: Landlords and others must be part of benefits solution – 28 May Sunday Herald: Campaigners demand state inquiry into Scotland’s sex for rent scandal – 3 June Articles:...
Sunday Herald
SAL were approached by the Sunday Herald for a quote regarding a story on “sex for rent.” We appreciate that our quote was included but as often is necessary it was edited so we felt it might be helpful to provide the full quote we provided to the...
In the media – 25 May
Landlords in the new and articles of interest Articles: Scottish Parliament: Housing Debate – 23 May STV: Ministers to consider tougher laws on Scotland’s tenements – 24 May Property Industry Eye: Letting agents in Scotland reminded they will be criminals if...
Free advice sessions on common repairs in flats
With 67% of all private lets in Scotland being flats, it is not surprising that landlords and letting agents have so many problems with arranging common repairs. Under One Roof Scotland, the highly acclaimed and impartial website for flat owners and their advisers in...
Landlord registration – volunteers needed for user testing
Many of you will be aware the Landlord Registration System was re-launched in February last year and work continues to improve the user experience for landlords along with additional functionality for the local authority administrators. The system is provided by the...