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Top Tips for Selling Your Home This Winter
Written by Home Sales & Lettings: 18 September, 2024Winter may not be the traditional peak season for selling homes, but it offers some unique advantages for those ready to make a move. At Home Sales and Lettings, we believe that with the right strategy, you can make your home shine even in the colder months. While some sellers…
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Your home’s floor area – Make Every Inch Count
Written by Home Sales & Lettings: 18 September, 2024In the past, buyers in the UK rarely asked about the total floor area when considering a home. Unlike new-build properties, where square footage is a key factor in decision-making, older homes would be sold based on room descriptions and overall appeal. But as competition in the housing market has…
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How to Choose the Best Estate Agent – 10 Questions to Help You Decide
Written by Home Sales & Lettings: 18 September, 2024Selling your home is one of the biggest financial decisions you’re ever likely to make, and it can often be an emotional time. That’s why choosing the right estate agent is so important. You need someone who can not only secure the right buyer and the best price but also…
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Thinking About Downsizing? Here’s Your Step-by-Step Guide
Written by Home Sales & Lettings: 18 September, 2024Are you considering moving to a smaller home or apartment? Downsizing comes with many advantages, including reduced upkeep, lower energy bills, and fewer maintenance concerns. Whether it’s because your children have moved out, or you’re looking to free up some time and money, downsizing can be the perfect solution to…
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Rent increase statistics 2024
Written by Home Sales & Lettings: 18 August, 2024Rent Service Scotland (RSS) is the body which oversees rent setting in Scotland. It has historically been responsible for setting rents on old regulated tenancies (these are tenancies which commenced before January 1989, a few of which are still in existence). More recently it has taken on the task of…
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Buy-to-let market update
Written by Home Sales & Lettings: 08 August, 2024Welcome 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 29/07/2024. Buy-to-let market update: BM Solutions – has reduced rates by up to 0.15 per cent on selected BTL and…
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Key Benefits of a Fully Managed Letting Experience
Written by Home Sales & Lettings: 18 July, 2024In a landscape where regulations and landlord responsibilities are constantly evolving, managing your rental property or portfolio can sometimes feel overwhelming. At Home Sales and Lettings, we understand that being a landlord comes with its share of challenges, and that’s why we’re here to offer as much or as little…
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New Town Quarter
Written by Home Sales & Lettings: 27 March, 2024New Town Quarter; an exceptional development in the heart of Edinburgh A vibrant destination with the luxury of space to be social, to be productive, to be content. New Town Quarter will be the finest holistic, mixed-use development in Scotland. A self-sustaining community alive with commerce and culture, New Town…
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Determining the open market rent rate
Written by Home Sales & Lettings: 08 March, 2024Determining the open market rent rate An illustrative rent increase calculator is available to help landlords and tenants understand what the rent may be set at if a rent adjudication application is made, based on the proposed changes from 1 April. Please note that the figures produced by the calculator…
Read moreCost of Living and Rent Eviction March 24
Written by Home Sales & Lettings: 08 March, 2024Rent adjudication From 1 April 2024 onwards, subject to parliamentary approval, the process for rent adjudication will temporarily be modified for one year. This temporary change will provide protection for tenants whose rents may rise steeply if they were to return back to market rents in one step, once the…
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