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The UK government's potential reduction in stamp duty has sparked calls for similar cuts in Scotland, where the current land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) imposes higher costs on homebuyers, particularly first-timers and those purchasing properties over £325,000. Estate and letting agen

The number of properties advertised for sale is up nearly 50% in parts of Scotland over the last year according to DJ Alexander Ltd. The property firm found that the number of properties advertised for sale in the period between October 2022 and October 2023 has increased by 47% in Edinburgh; is up

Private rental prices in Scotland have surged by 5.7% year-on-year to July 2023, according to the latest analysis by DJ Alexander Ltd. This was the highest monthly figure since the data began to be collected in January 2012 and is up from 3.9% in September 2022 when the Cost of Living (Tenant Protec

A decline in the number of new build homes started in Scotland is worrying, property firm DJ Alexander Ltd has said. The latest statistics show 19,227 all sector new build starts in the year to the end of September 2022, a decrease of 12% (2,580 homes) on the previous year.

Letting agent bodies have given a mixed response to Humza Yousaf’s election as the new leader of the SNP. Mr Yousaf, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, was elected ahead of fellow MSPs Kate Forbes and Ash Regan, is expected to be elected as first minister today.

Estate and letting agents firm DJ Alexander has called on the Chancellor to use next week's budget to provide support for the housing market. The firm believes that supporting the housing market through more relaxed planning regulations and financial incentives for property investors would benefit t

A Scottish Labour government would create a scheme that would acquire empty homes and sell them to future homeowners for just £1, party leader Anas Sarwar has revealed. Labour estimates around 27,000 homes in the country are considered to be empty, and Anas Sarwar used the first day of th

Tenants' rights minister Patrick Harvie has announced that he intends to cap private sector rents at 3% and that evictions will continue to be prevented for all tenants except in a number of specified circumstances from April.

Scotland needs to match Westminster’s latest commitment to new housebuilding, according to property firm DJ Alexander Ltd. The firm said that the Westminster Government’s commitment to build 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s should be replicated north of the border.

AirBnb owners are leaving the market for long term lettings following changes to the regulations in Scotland, according to property firm DJ Alexander Ltd. The firm said that they have been approached by holiday lettings landlords wanting to shift to long term residential letting because of costs and

The private rented sector is not the reason for fewer Scottish homeowners, according to analysis of the official data by property firm, DJ Alexander Ltd. The property firm said that the Scottish Government argues that if there was no private rented sector (PRS) then more houses would be available fo

Policy initiatives such as the Scottish Government’s recently announced Town Centre Empty Properties Fund are only touching the surface of problems in the housing sector and something more long-term and fundamental is required, according to a property firm. DJ Alexander Ltd believes

The total stock of social housing in Scotland has increased by just 1,000 in the last 13 years according to analysis of trend data by property firm DJ Alexander Ltd. The firm has examined the official data and found that there was a total of 607,000 houses in the social housing sector in March 2007

Scottish homeowners could lose the most financially from the Holyrood Government’s proposed introduction of rent controls according to analysis of recent studies by property firm DJ Alexander Ltd. The firm said it found that recent studies of countries where rent controls were introduced revea

Scottish property rents have continued to rise at a higher rate than the rest of Britain after years of low increases according to an analysis of the latest data by property firm DJ Alexander Ltd. The firm said that rents in Scotland have continued to rise at a higher annual rate than England and Wa