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Horror crash leaves hole in estate agency branch and three in hospital
A black cab driver lost control and crashed into an Edinburgh firm's branch at lunchtime yesterday after suffering a 'medical incident'.
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RICS tweets calls by letting agent to increase regulation of short lets in Scotland
Leading Edinburgh letting agency says landlords are being forced into the short-lets sector by the 'robust regulation of long-lets by the Scottish government.
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Scottish agents using ‘holiday let’ loophole to dodge tenancy legislation
Scottish landlords and letting agents have been targeted by campaigners who claim many are advertising traditional rental properties as 'sham' holiday lets.
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Leading estate agent changes website after complaint to advertising watchdog
Edinburgh-based MOV8 agrees to amend copy after complaint that its fixed estate agency fee claim may have been misleading.
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Airbnb to restrict ‘entire home’ rentals to 90 days in another UK city
Airbnb has offered to restrict the period landlords can rent out their properties in Edinburgh to 90 days a year, copying a similar ban it introduced in London last year following criticism of its business model. In London, from January 2017 any ‘entire home’ listing has been limited automatically by the company’s software to a maximum 90 days total per calendar year. This has now been mooted in Edinburgh by the Californian company in a submission it made to a expert panel set up by the Scottish government due to publish its findings next week. Airbnb: ‘commercial’ lets? Criticisms of the way landlords use Airbnb in Edinburgh echo those made in London; that too many landlords are buying properties with the express purpose of renting them out via the platform. This, says Green MSP Andy Wightman (pictured, left), means Airbnb is being used “as a route to market by commercial operators who see it as a very cheap way of advertising the availability of a flat, which is used 100% of the year for commercial short-term letting,” he told the BBC. Wightman says this is far from its original purpose, which was to enable home owners to make extra cash…
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Regional Reports
Edinburgh, Bakewell and Cheltenham
Each month we visit three agents across the country to discover what is happening in their businesses and local markets. This month we visit Edinburgh, Bakewell and Cheltenham.
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Regional Reports
Edinburgh, Swansea and Milton Keynes
Swansea The rental market in and around Swansea and Gower is diverse, which may surprise people from outside the area. This already vibrant market is set to grow considerably with the construction of the brand new Swansea Bay Campus, coupled with the announcement that planning consent has been granted to build a £1billion tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay, both of which will see an influx of professionals and student tenants. These two projects alone are already changing the demographic of the Swansea rental market, with former residential areas slowly changing into more HMO-led areas and vice versa. Some traditional student areas have already seen a shift over to the professional market and none more so than the Uplands area of Swansea. The demand from professionals in this area has increased significantly over the last three years due to a cluster of wine bars and restaurants springing up in a condensed area, which is also conveniently close to the city centre and two major employers in the area; Singleton Hospital and Swansea University. A number of landlords have tapped into this tenant demand and converted large three storey buildings into, for example, three executive apartments with commercial premises on the ground…
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