Charity Shelter Scotland has announced the launch of a new online toolkit for tenants, designed to help them navigate through the rental system.

With the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 (2016 Act), which came into force on 1 December 2017, it brought with it the Notice to Leave.

Recent research from the Aberdein Considine’s Property Monitor report illustrates that the average price for Scottish properties sold for a record £169,450 during the second quarter of this year (April-June 2018), a 4.7% increase during the same time last year and a grand total of £175 higher than the previous record set in the third quarter of 2017.

Concerns have been raised over the safety of twelve blocks of flats in Glasgow which were built using an outdated construction method. 

The Scottish property market continues to buck wider UK housing market trends again this month as ESPC reports an increase in properties brought to market and the average selling price of homes across east-central Scotland compared to last year.