9 Oct 2023
Landlords in the media and articles of interest: Property118: Scottish government propose more rent controls in new proposals – 3 October 2023 PropertyWire: Scotland launches ‘farcical’ consultation – 6 October 2023 BBC Scotland: Tenants and landlords finding it...
3 Oct 2023
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 02/10/2023. BTL market update:...
29 Sep 2023
The Scottish Government has today published a paper and response questionnaire setting out proposals for progressing some of the matters originally consulted on in its New Deal consultation in 2021. A summary of the proposals the government is considering taking...
26 Sep 2023
As part of changes to the Repairing Standard landlords are required to ensure their rental properties are free of lead by 1 March 2024. Government guidance on this requirement was published in March 2023 and since then SAL has been in dialogue with the government over...
26 Sep 2023
50%* off tickets to Country Living Magazine Christmas fair Christmas is coming…and so is Country Living Magazine Christmas Fair, which is back at the SEC, Glasgow from 16-19 November 2023. The four-day event, Scotland’s leading Christmas fair, will focus on fabulous...
25 Sep 2023
Can I issue my PRT tenants notice now for an above 3% rent increase coming into effect in April? This is a question we are being asked a lot on the SAL advice helpline as a result of the Scottish Parliament approving legislation to extend the Cost of Living (Tenant...