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Developer Bans Air BnB To Keep Sense of Community
Buyers of luxury flats in an Airbnb hotspot will be banned from letting out their properties in an attempt to retain the area’s sense of community.
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When Rowdy Becomes Anti-Social…What To Do?
One of the things that we come across as a Factor and Letting Agents is anti-social behaviour, either people on the receiving end or people accusing our clients. It can be a very delicate issue to deal with. As a letting agent we must be aware of our landlords...
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The End of Air BnB in Glasgow or Just a Whingers Charter?
This does not mean that short-term lets are finished in Glasgow. Those doing it on an ad-hoc or one-off basis will NOT require a change of use and the council have said that they will not be running around and shutting down short-term lets but simply acting on a “complaints led basis.” In other words, if your neighbour knows about the restriction and isn’t happy you’ll get done. If they don’t you won’t!
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IS YOUR LETTING AGENT LEGAL?
Unregistered businesses who undertake letting agency work will be subject (on conviction) to a fine of up to £50,000, up to 6 months imprisonment or both.
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WILL BREXIT AFFECT THE SELF-BUILD MARKET?
Whilst most of the discussions on the news is about the machinations of government, for the consumer there are the impacts upon them and this week we look at the Self-build property Industry and ask Will BREXIT affect the self-build market?
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Lack of Supply Driving Scottish House Prices
Average house prices in Scotland rose by 4.8% in the year to April 2018, driven by a continued drop in buyer activity. The latest publication of the monthly UK House Price Index (UK HPI) shows that the average price of a property in Scotland in June 2018 was £150,472...
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A Different Approach Needed For Our Housing Needs
Of the 160,000 on housing waiting lists 40,000 families believe that they will never be in a position to buy their own home…
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Why We Need A Strong Rental Sector
An alternative funding model is clearly required to bridge the gap between the level of demand and the level of supply…
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BBC Property Surgery 14th November 2017
Whatever you’re doing: buying, selling, renting, building, give him a call. 08085929500 or you can text on…
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Is There A Property Black Friday?
This Friday will once again see the USA phenomenon of Black Friday hit our stores with many already pre-empting the day with Black Friday deals all this week. Black Friday is an informal name for the day following Thanksgiving in America (the fourth Thursday of...
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Sniffing out a buyer – Can a smell affect the sell?
The smell of a well used kitchen has a fine line. Nice rich coffee or recently baked bread/cake can be welcoming but you don’t want it to seem too forced or over powering
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What’s The Housing Market Doing?
In the last ten properties in Scotland have principally dropped by 20% – 30% and then recovered to there or thereabouts of pre-crash levels
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Make sure your letting agent or factor is properly registered with the Scottish Government and a member of ARLA
Letting: Indigo Square are members of the Council of Letting Agents (CLA) and ARLA. We are also a Registered Letting Agent with the Scottish Government
Registration Number LARN1903041
Factoring: Brian Gilmour an Affiliate of the Institute of Residential Property Management (IRPM) and the company is registered with the Scottish Government
Registration Number PF000843
Scottish Government Letting Code of Practice - DOWNLOAD PDF HERE